January 8, 2006

Memphis Catholic Schools receive $30 mil donation

By Ben Cunningham
The Memphis Catholic Diocese received a $30 million donation which will allow them to serve more inner city kids with their Jubilee Schools program. Here is a quote directly from the text of the news article:

"In many urban communities across the country, Catholic schools have been credited with giving inner-city children an educational alternative to failing public schools. Memphis Catholic school officials said the donations support the work they've done to improve performance among the city's most at-risk students."

Would anyone argue that this $30 milllion should have been given to the public school system instead of the local Catholic Diocese? Probably not .