June 10, 2008
Abridged Daily News Columnists
Ronnie Polaneczky: It's time for another edition of Ronnie's People, and she's back with the little dying kid who made a wish and then hit all those three pointers in the basketball game. No, wait, sorry, she's writing about with the sick kid who made a wish to keep his Catholic grade school open. It's actually a well-done column, at least for somebody who went to Catholic grade school. Look, this is interesting!
That means teaching a parish school how to act like a private one: the kind with an elected board, a long-range business plan, marketing and fundraising strategies and an endowment. BLOCS was looking for a school where they could pilot this new plan when they heard about St. Cyril's. After meeting the staff and learning of Tommy's story, they were hooked enough to help the school get a 10-year plan together. Using St. Cyril's as a model, they want to help other parish schools thrive, too.
Neat! And the column isn't even that overwritten and doesn't get too self-referential/yay go go Daily News whoop whoop. More of this, please.
Elmer Smith: Gas prices are high.
Fatimah Ali: "I fully embrace the growth of the city's charter and magnet schools - when they're well-run." Now there's a strong stand.
Posted by D-Mac on June 10, 2008 09:52 AM
Posted to Daily News
, Elmer Smith
, Fatimah Ali
, Ronnie Polaneczky