After St. Louis Catholic School in Louisville announced it would be closing its doors at the end of this school year, some Colorado parents are appealing their concerns to the Vatican to try and keep it open.
The Archdiocese of Denver says this is the fifth school to close in the last three years, following low enrollment. Interim Superintendent for the Archdiocese of Denver Scott Elmer explains the reasoning behind that decision.
“We’re in the business of saving souls, right?” Elmer said, “When enrollment is low, that obviously raises the cost to educate per child, and so it causes more of a financial strain on the parish because it requires more of the parish’s offerings to be used to support the school.”
This fall, the archdiocese let parents know they’d close St. Louis Catholic School in Louisville at the end of the school year, citing low enrollment and financial concerns. The Archdiocese of Denver reports that right now, most of the grade levels in the school have 10 students or fewer…