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A parochial school is a private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathematics and language arts.
The Catholic schools are owned by a proprietor, typically by the diocese bishop. Currently, Catholic schools in New Zealand are termed 'state-integrated schools' for funding purposes, meaning that teachers' salaries, learning materials, and operations of the school (e.g., power and gas) are publicly funded but the school property is not. New ...
However, many parishes cannot support schools alone, and there may be regional schools run by some parish or by the diocese. In addition to the standard curriculum, students at parochial schools are given moral and religious instruction in line with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Since 2000, 1,942 Catholic schools around the country have shut their doors, and enrollment has dropped by 621,583 students, to just over 2 million in 2012, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. Many Catholic schools are being squeezed out of the education market by financial issues and publicly funded charter schools. [13]
In June, a state education board approved an application to create the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School, an online Catholic school that would be the country’s first taxpayer-funded ...
Parochial is an adjective which may refer to: Parishes, in religion Parish churches, also called parochial churches; Parochial church council, body within the Church of England; Parochial mission, in the Catholic church; Parochial political culture, an aspect of a political system
Hopefully, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) will give Oklahoma parochial schools more credit for having good programs and examine more carefully the logic and proofs of ...
Long past World War II, the Catholic schools were noted for inferior conditions compared to the public schools, and fewer well-trained teachers. [11] [12] The number of schools and students grew apace with the taxpayer-funded public schools. In 1900, the Church supported 3,500 parochial schools, usually under the control of the local parish.