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Boost buoys Catholic schools ; At many sites, enrollment has stabilized or risen
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The Boston Globe
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September 2, 2008
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A pledged investment of money and brainpower into several
struggling Catholic schools in Eastern Massachusetts has stabilized,
and in some cases increased, student enrollment.
The most dramatic impact has been in Gloucester, where the number
of students at the last Catholic school on Cape Ann has risen to 180
this year, from 120 last year, after a public promise by the
archdiocese, Merrimack College, and several wealthy business leaders
emboldened school officials to cut tuition and boosted confidence
among parents who feared the St. Ann School might close.
Enrollment is also rising at St. Columbkille, the last Catholic
school in Allston-Brighton, which was on its deathbed until the ...
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