St. Ann's Tenleytown closing

[Anonymous]

Annunciation and Blessed Sacrament would be potential placement options.

[Anonymous]

I'm afraid if you live by the voucher program, you die by the voucher program.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but there are still parishioner families who have been there for years, are committed to Catholic education and must be devastated by this. There are several close by, really good schools but many already have strong enrollments. Blessed Sacrament, Lourdes, Little Flower and OLV are close but they don't have unlimited space and have already done their own admissions.

[Anonymous]

Annunciation has become a voucher school. I would not be surprised to see on the school closing list in a few more years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but there are still parishioner families who have been there for years, are committed to Catholic education and must be devastated by this. There are several close by, really good schools but many already have strong enrollments. Blessed Sacrament, Lourdes, Little Flower and OLV are close but they don't have unlimited space and have already done their own admissions.

BS, LF, and OLV will all be filled by now, especially OLV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but there are still parishioner families who have been there for years, are committed to Catholic education and must be devastated by this. There are several close by, really good schools but many already have strong enrollments. Blessed Sacrament, Lourdes, Little Flower and OLV are close but they don't have unlimited space and have already done their own admissions.

BS, LF, and OLV will all be filled by now, especially OLV.

A few openings in a few grades maybe. They will go to St. Ann's parishioners first though, not the out-of-parish kids.

[Anonymous]

"Enrollment has dropped from 220 students in 2009 to 139 students this year"

What do you make of the enrollment decline, with other Catholic schools at or near capacity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Enrollment has dropped from 220 students in 2009 to 139 students this year"

What do you make of the enrollment decline, with other Catholic schools at or near capacity?

Over the years, the school increasingly served non-parish families. Typically, a telltale sign of a good Catholic school is one that draws its population mainly from parish families who support the church thus support the school. Parishioner families also tend to be more actively engaged in the life of the school and maintaining a robust academic program through fundraisers, donations, community partnerships, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Enrollment has dropped from 220 students in 2009 to 139 students this year"

What do you make of the enrollment decline, with other Catholic schools at or near capacity?

Over the years, the school increasingly served non-parish families. Typically, a telltale sign of a good Catholic school is one that draws its population mainly from parish families who support the church thus support the school. Parishioner families also tend to be more actively engaged in the life of the school and maintaining a robust academic program through fundraisers, donations, community partnerships, etc.

Those darn OOB kids again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They probably will gonna have to go to public. The horror, the horror...

Sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why don't you be sarcastic somewhere else?
This is actually a very upsetting situation for families.
More than half of the student population travels 45 minutes to an hour and 30 minutes EVERY SINGLE DAY to get to St Ann's.
The public schools in their area are not good, and the likelihood of their child receiving the education they deserve, will not happen. Many of these parents are exhausted working two jobs trying to get their children a better education so they can be successful in whatever they set their mind to do.
St Ann's not only helps students academically, but it helps them grow and flourish.
Some of these children have needs that will not be met in DCPS, and it will manifest itself into internal dislike of going to school every morning.

SO next time, try to have some compassion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Enrollment has dropped from 220 students in 2009 to 139 students this year"

What do you make of the enrollment decline, with other Catholic schools at or near capacity?

I would assume that some of it has to do with the growth of other educational options in the city, and some has to do with the recession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They probably will gonna have to go to public. The horror, the horror...

Sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why don't you be sarcastic somewhere else?
This is actually a very upsetting situation for families.
More than half of the student population travels 45 minutes to an hour and 30 minutes EVERY SINGLE DAY to get to St Ann's.
The public schools in their area are not good, and the likelihood of their child receiving the education they deserve, will not happen. Many of these parents are exhausted working two jobs trying to get their children a better education so they can be successful in whatever they set their mind to do.
St Ann's not only helps students academically, but it helps them grow and flourish.
Some of these children have needs that will not be met in DCPS, and it will manifest itself into internal dislike of going to school every morning.

SO next time, try to have some compassion.

I see your point. Maybe they can take their vouchers though to a different parish school that is closer to their homes? I'm going to assume these homes are in PG county and NE-SE dc. (based on what I know from my teacher friend at St Ann's ). I see a lot of little parish schools along the pg-dc border area. Hopefully many of them will be welcoming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They probably will gonna have to go to public. The horror, the horror...

Sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why don't you be sarcastic somewhere else?
This is actually a very upsetting situation for families.
More than half of the student population travels 45 minutes to an hour and 30 minutes EVERY SINGLE DAY to get to St Ann's.
The public schools in their area are not good, and the likelihood of their child receiving the education they deserve, will not happen. Many of these parents are exhausted working two jobs trying to get their children a better education so they can be successful in whatever they set their mind to do.
St Ann's not only helps students academically, but it helps them grow and flourish.
Some of these children have needs that will not be met in DCPS, and it will manifest itself into internal dislike of going to school every morning.

SO next time, try to have some compassion.

Unfortunately, the situation you describe was what was the downfall of the school.

[Anonymous]

Downfall of the school was the principal placed & maintained there via bribe...

[Anonymous]

Can you get your $$ back for applying?