This document is designed as a resource and a guide for those persons directly responsible for local Catholic school planning and the implementation of such plans. This could include principals, pastors, school boards and other persons engaged in long-range planning.
Some of the strategies in this plan are clearly system-wide and are the responsibility of the Cardinal Archbishop, Bishops, Superintendent of Schools and various archdiocesan offices. Other recommendations and strategies clearly fall within the jurisdiction of our local schools. Some reaffirm directions already being pursued; others call for a new emphasis and new activities.
Whether the recommendation or strategy is a reaffirmation or a new direction, challenges await us at all levels. Each of us has an obligation to use our resources and make decisions in ways that will best advocate for our children and youth. This document is intended to help meet the challenges and inform those decisions that affect the viability of Catholic school education.
