Public school students are flocking to Catholic schools amid pandemic aleteia.org

This spring and summer, the coronavirus pandemic seemed to be dealing a death blow to a good number of Catholic schools. If educational institutions had to be shuttered, Catholic schools — already stretched financially — would have a hard time keeping doors open. In addition, closed churches meant lower donations in the collection basket, part of the financial support for parochial schools.

But something changed over the summer, and now, many Catholic schools are thriving, in part because thousands of students in public schools — consigned to learning from home — are flocking to their Catholic counterparts, which have done their darnedest to maintain in-class instruction…

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