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Office of Catholic Schools - Elementary School Boards

In 2004, Bishop John M. Smith challenged each of the elementary schools in the Diocese of Trenton to be:

• Strong in Catholic Identity
• Academically Excellent
• Fiscally Viable

What Are the Challenges in realizing this vision?

• Demographics
• Finances tied to parish
• Leadership
• Educating those with financial constraints
• Maintaining quality religious education
• Schools with significant non-Catholic populations
• Balancing resources with other parish needs
• Advocacy for parents to select Catholic schools
• Enrollment
• Others

Who is being called on to meet these challenges? Our Pastors and Principals but also the laity in our diocese is being called upon to lend their time, treasure and talent to meet the many challenges of Catholic elementary education in the 21st century. For this reason, each of our schools will institute a school board to work with the Pastors and Principals to ensure our students are educated in a safe and secure environment where they continue learning to love and loving to learn.

The Board's Purpose

• Involvement in the Educational Ministry
• Assurance of the Mission
• Dynamic Leadership
• Direction / Vision
• Stability / Stewardship / Accountability
• Protection of Rights
• Connection to Stakeholders
• Support for Administrators

"If the energy and resourcefulness and dedication that has gone into building up our present Catholic educational institution is used to solve the new problems presented by our time, these institutions may be transformed in ways as yet unforeseen and undreamed."

-Commonweal, April 9, 2004