PCSB converts Catholic schools to Center City PCS

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PCSB converts Catholic schools to Center City PCS over objections from Council & Mayor

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The Roman Catholic diocese of Washington decided to convert eight K-8 schools it could no longer afford into charters. The Mayor, The Council, The American Civil Liberties Union, and Americans for Separation of Church and State all objected, fearing public funding for religious education. Tom Nida, then chair of the PCSB, dismissed the worries about publicly financed religion stating: “The reality was, in the entire system of schools that came over, there was a total of two nuns. Most of the teachers were not even Catholic, and most of the kids weren’t. They just wanted to have a safe, affordable school to go to because the neighborhood school was awful, and they couldn’t get into a charter.” The charter board approved the conversions - and the Center City Public Charter Schools - have thrived.

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