NO ONE CHEERED the announcement that eight Catholic schools in the District might be converted to secular charter schools. Not archdiocesan officials saddened by the prospective loss of schools offering a Catholic education; not principals and teachers who are worried that their jobs could be fundamentally changed; and not parents upset by new uncertainty over their children's schooling. Nonetheless, the proposal by Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl is a bold and creative alternative to closing the schools. It has the best interests of students in mind.
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