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Introduction- some background

History- Who are we?
The new pathway
A look at where we live
Site- needs and criteria
Some Quick Q and A
Questions

According to the National Catholic

Educational Associations annual data
report, between the 2000 and the 2013
school years, 2,090 schools were
reported closed or consolidated (25.7
percent). The number of students
declined by 651,298 (24.5 percent). The
most seriously impacted have been
elementary schools.

There is a significant decrease in the number

of priests, Religious sisters and brothers
teaching in Catholic schools according to Time.

1950 --- 90 %
1967 --- 58 %
Today --4%

This shift has meant that schools have had to

raise tuition in order to pay more lay teachers.

 The

National Catholic Educational

Association states that the average
Catholic elementary school tuition is
$3,673, and the average Catholic
secondary school freshman tuition is
$9,622.

 The

answer is fairly simple, James

Cultrara, director for education for
the New York State Catholic
Conference, told Education Next.
The rising cost of providing a
Catholic education has made it more
difficult for parents to meet those
rising costs.

There are approximately 6,000 charter

schools in America, and its likely this number
will continue to rise. Charter schools are one
of the biggest threats to Catholic schools in
the inner city, hands down, Father Ronald
Nuzzi, director of the Alliance for Catholic
Education (ACE) leadership program at Notre
Dame, told Education Next. How do you
compete with an alternative that doesnt cost
anything? (Magnet Schools?)

 Founded

in 1883
Current Grade 9-12 enrollment 200
30 of which are International students
Feeder

communities - 20
Staff & Faculty 46
Tuition - $8600(parishioner)
$9300(full)

Declining enrollment over a period of 40 years

275,000 sq. ft. building with 500 studentsCathedral and St. Michaels Academy
Inefficient building that contributed to a costly
annual budget- tuition and annual giving(revenue)
has been far less than annual operation costs
Concerns had begun to surface about the schools
future How long could the school sustain itself?
The tornado forces the inevitable- What is the
future of Cathedral High School and what is the
future of secondary education for the diocese of
Springfield?

 Founded

in 1963
Merger of 4 city Catholic HS
Current Grade 9-12 enrollment - 251
13 of which are International students
Feeder

communities 23
Staff & Faculty 42
Tuition - $7500(parishioner)
$8500(full)

Old downtown Holyoke campus closes due to

structural concerns
School moves to Granby seminary while a
determination is made about its future
Consolidation is considered but not implemented
Site selected in Chicopee- Diocesan elementary
school rehabbed and new addition built

No space for outside facilities

Limited parking for staff and visitors.
No theater, Church hall used for school wide
meetings
No athletic fields on campus

 Devise

a plan for Catholic

Secondary Education in the
diocese of Springfield that meets
these criteria:

1. The

plan must be sustainable

2. The plan must be educationally sound
3. The plan must be affordable
4. The plan should solidify the significance
of Catholic Education in the diocese

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2.

3.

4.

Establish a new 9-12 regional high

school
Merge the two existing high schools
under diocesan control
Develop an aggressive campaign to raise
$15,000,000 for a tuition endowment
($1,000,000 set aside to maintain the
new building)
Review the organizational governance
structure of the school

 Establish

a school on a suitable site

that reflects a new regional concept

Merge

the two schools taking in account

all of the necessary components of a
successful 9-12 Catholic education

Provide

recommendations for a new

governance structure for diocesan
schools

Holyoke Catholic High School Where We Live

Agawam - 14 (Feeding
Hills)
Belchertown - 3
Chicopee 44
Connecticut - 2
East Longmeadow - 4
Easthampton - 6
Granby - 8
Hampden - 1
Holyoke - 15
Longmeadow - 2

Ludlow - 31
Monson - 4
Palmer - 1
South Hadley - 11
Southampton - 5
Southwick - 5
Springfield - 43
Ware - 1
West Springfield - 33
Westfield - 16
Wilbraham - 2

Cathedral High School Where

We Live

Cathedral Students not living in

Springfield

Amherst - 1
Belchertown - 2
Chicopee - 4
East Longmeadow
- 11
Connecticut - 11
Hampden - 1
Holyoke 1
Ludlow - 5

Monson - 3
Palmer 3
Sheffield - 1
South Hadley- 1
Springfield - 136
West Springfield - 8
Westfield 2
Wilbraham - 10

New Regional High School Where

We Live

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City
8 9 0 11 Total
Agawam
2 2 2
6
Amherst
1
1
2
Belchertown 1 2 1 2
6
1
Chicopee
10 10 2 17 49
Conway
1
1
Derby
1
1
East
Longmeado
w
3 4 2 6
15
Easthampto
n
1 1 2
4
Enfield
3 1 2
6
Feeding Hills 1
2 3
6
Granby
3 1 2 1
7
Hampden
1
1
Holyoke
9 2 4 6
21
Indian
Orchard
2
2
Leeds
2
2
Longmeado
w
1
1
Ludlow
7 7 9 11 34

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1%
0%
1%
10%
0%
0%
3%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
4%
0%
0%
0%
7%

City
Monson
Palmer
Sheffield
Somers
South
Hadley
Southampt
on
Southwick

8 9 10 11 Total
1 3 1 3
8
2
2
1
1
2 2 1 1
6

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2%
0%
0%
1%

3 2 5

13

3%

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2

4
8

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2%

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5
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4

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1%
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22
10
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6%
5%
2%
0%

0%

470

100%

4 2
4
48 0 46 57
1 1 2 1
1 1
3
1

Springfield
Suffield
Tolland
Ware
West
Springfield 7 4
Westfield
5 7
Wilbraham 2 2
Windsor
1
Windsor
Locks
1 1
Grand
12 9
Total
3 6

5 11
5 5
5 1

11 13
5 6

 Holyoke

Catholic High School

83% outside of Springfield

17% from Springfield
Cathedral

High School

64% from Springfield

36% outside of Springfield

Unified high school

59% live outside of the city

Parking Spaces- 603

Acres Parking- 4.75
Total property acreage- 137
Acres Total Usable- 105
Fields- 16 (count includes
tennis)

2- 60' diamond
2- 90' diamond
1- 1/4 mi. track (surfaced)
1- track infield all purpose
1- Football field w/stadium
2- Soccer (V-JV)
2-Lax Boys
2-Lax Girls (also field
hockey)
2- General Purpose
1- Tennis courts w/ 6
courts

Parking- 250-300 spaces

Acreage-2+

45-50 acres (based on previous slide)

Proposed sites at least 30 acres

Proposed athletic facilities

1- 90' diamond (baseball)
1- 60' diamond(softball)
1- track infield all
1- 1/4 mi. track (surfaced)
purpose
2- Soccer (girls and boys)
1- General Purpose
1- Football field w/stadium(synthetic and fully lighted)
1- Tennis courts w/ 6 courts (lighted)

Lot size (present and future)

Ease of build
Existing utilities
Environmental Constraints
Environmental Remedies
Accessibility
Ownership/cost
Compatibility to surrounding

 Springfield

- Surrey Rd
West Spfld - Brush Hill
Chicopee- Uniroyal
Chicopee- unused St. Stanislaus
Cemetery land
Additional sites have been
identified and are under current
review

Will the two schools physically merge

before the new school is built?

My recommendation to the Bishop

would be no.
Capacity of both schools.
Potentially three transitions.

If the two schools stay open, what will the

merge look like?
Unite the two schools under one name
One administrative organization but
maintain the two campuses.
Preparation work during the school year
2015-2016
Begin the new school in the fall of
2016.

What will that mean to my current schools

program, athletics, tuition, diploma and all the
other important facets of my childs educational
program?
Solutions in progress
Athletic Directors have begun to make proposal
for co-op teams for next fall.
Faculty to review the course of studies for both
schools to develop a rich and robust program.
Tuitions to stay as is
Per building
Transition tuitions

Research how others have blended diplomas

"If we truly know our faith

and what it is all about,
then the decisions that we
make and the actions that
we do make that faith
visible.
Bishop Mitchell Rozanski- Upon his
arrival to Springfield(2014)