St Joe’s Closing Hoop Dreams High

[The Lens]

They had under 200 kids enrolled. Most of the Milwaukee-area Catholic/Lutheran high schools would be closed too, but for School Choice.

But for the Chinese, FIFY.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

There's just not that much demand for Catholic High School in DuPage County, especially given its high cost and the fact that in general, the public schools there are pretty good.

This is true; however, St. Joe's, which is closing is in Westchester, (Cook Co). The public school option for kids in Westchester is Proviso West, which is not as strong of a school as their neighbors in DuPage.

[The Sultan]

No but the only options these days aren't Catholic schools or public schools.  There are charter schools all over the place in the Chicago area, the Noble network of schools for example, that are filling role that Catholic schools did a generation ago.

https://nobleschools.org/

I look at my niece.  She lives in West Allis but her parents weren't thrilled with the public school options.  As a Catholic, a generation ago Pius was the best, no brainer option.  Instead she is going out of district to Reagan High School, a magnet school in MPS.  There are just so many options now. 

[WI inferiority Complexes]

No but the only options these days aren't Catholic schools or public schools.  There are charter schools all over the place in the Chicago area, the Noble network of schools for example, that are filling role that Catholic schools did a generation ago.

https://nobleschools.org/

In order to enroll in a Noble School, students must present an ID from the CPS school they currently attend or proof of residency within city limits.

Students in Westchester, (the town which contains St. Joe's, which is closing), can not attend a Noble School. They can go to Proviso West, potentially test into the Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA in Forest Park), or they can attend a Catholic/Lutheran/Christian school.

[The Sultan]

In order to enroll in a Noble School, students must present an ID from the CPS school they currently attend or proof of residency within city limits.

Students in Westchester, (the town which contains St. Joe's, which is closing), can not attend a Noble School. They can go to Proviso West, potentially test into the Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA in Forest Park), or they can attend a Catholic/Lutheran/Christian school.

Thank you for the clarification.  My greater point was that there are more than binary choices these days between Catholic schools and the traditional public ones. 

[warriorchick]

This is true; however, St. Joe's, which is closing is in Westchester, (Cook Co). The public school option for kids in Westchester is Proviso West, which is not as strong of a school as their neighbors in DuPage.

I stand corrected. I wasn't sure where the border was.  I believe all of the other schools in the discussion were in DuPage.

[Galway Eagle]

This is true; however, St. Joe's, which is closing is in Westchester, (Cook Co). The public school option for kids in Westchester is Proviso West, which is not as strong of a school as their neighbors in DuPage.

Better than the $hit show that is Proviso East

[keefe]

Most who watched Hoop Dreams would not conclude that Pingatore was a great guy. And the Agees certainly wouldn't. Like you, I never knew him, though.

If only for what they did to the Agees I would suggest that the closing of St Joe's is addition by subtraction. Karma is a Motherf#cker.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Better than the $hit show that is Proviso East

Proviso West is the "taller midget" of the two, for sure.