Independent Catholic schools offer option
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | On right, Karen Vonbevern wants St. John Baptist De LaSalle Regional School in Farmingdale to remain open, as she and others protest the closing of Catholic schools at the rally held outside St. Agnus Cathedral in Rockville Centre. (Jan. 21, 2012)
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Schools across Long Island
One school educates middle school boys from poor families in the Freeport area who pay just $750 a year in tuition. The school relies on generous donors to keep afloat and has a $1.3 million endowment.
Another school was on the verge of being closed by the Diocese of Rockville Centre when the religious brothers who run Chaminade High School took it over in 2004. Today it is thriving.
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