Are there any Catholic school students getting vouchers?
We are educating 1,500 former public school students who cannot pay tuition, which is being paid for from the archdiocese scholarships and foundation. There is a PreK4 program that has vouchers, which can be used for Catholic, private or public schools. And notice the civilization as we know it hasn’t ended. So, I’m always amazed … we can have vouchers for houses and rent, vouchers for food, but when it comes to education, you can’t have them. I’m very, very confused over that. What are you are trying to do to improve Catholic schools? We want all of our teachers to be certified, as they are in public schools. To make all of our elementary schools part of the Southern Association accreditation – our high schools already are. And to increase students performance in science and math. What’s going on with St. Augustine Church? [Ed.note: There was an uproar when the archdiocese tried to close it.] We’ve given them 18 months [beginning April, 2006] to become a fully serviced Catholic pari
