Which schools is the Archdiocese of SF closing?

[freckleface]

Saw this the other day:

http://www.sfarchdiocese.org/about-us/articles-resources/2010-articles/Archdiocesan-plan-for-struggling-schools-2311/

Anybody know which 2-4 schools will the Archdiocese be closing? Also which of the "dozen" are considered struggling? The class size at several of the Catholic elementary schools is already 30-35 so I wonder whether classes are going to get even bigger.

[lauradfam]

In the link you included, the Archdiocese plan has four benchmarks for identitying struggling schools: Declining enrollment; physical plant in need of repair without adequate funds to do the repairs; leadership issues including a poor relationship between pastor and principal and lack of parent and parish advisory boards; and inadequate financial management and/or operating at a financial loss.

The grade-school enrollment benchmark has three separate guidelines within it: enrollment falling below 225; a trend of three years of declining enrollment; and a decrease of 15 or more students from previous years.

Looking at the 5 year enrollment study by the Archdiocese (http://www.sfdcs.org/dcs/sites/default/files/docs/strategic_plan/5yrElemEnrollStudy_08-09.pdf), here is the list of schools that meet two or more of the criteria outlined in the letter (enrollment for from 2003-04 to 2007-08 in parenthesis):

Ranked by greatest % decline:


St. Mary Chinese
114 (241/226/197/155/137)
-49.6%

St. Anthony/Immaculate Conception
159 (320/241/232/218/204)
-34.0%

Megan Furth Academy
113 (216/165/164/155/128)
-31.5%

Corpus Christi
204 (294/283/264/270/221)
-27.9%

St. Elizabeth
162 (238/217/192/194/176)
-25.3%

Good Shepherd (San Mateo)
225 (310/2992/275/264/259)
-22.9%

Our Lady of the Visitatcion
199 (259/246/231/222/204)
-19.1%

St. Monica
157 (214/191/176/159/165)
-17.8%

Mission Dolores
189 (215/212/207/193/183)
-10.8%

Star of the Sea
207 (250/227/228/220/203)
-8.8%

St. James
188 (201/197/188/173/175)
-4.6%

St. Rita (Marin)
146 (207/152/138/132/147)
-3.9%

St. Raphael (Marin)
170 (182/172/185/178/167)
-1.2%