Catholic school system is failing to deal with sprawl

This can been seen of the public school system throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area as well, especially here in St Charles County. It seems that new subdivisions cannot be built fast enough. Once beautiful, peaceful farms have become a network of new roads, with fields from which have sprung acres and acres of houses instead of corn and soybeans. And with this 'progress' have come the pains experienced by local educators.

As an aside, we are witnessing about 300 or so new homes being built on the other side of the road from our house. The traffic will become progressively worse. The 'country' atmosphere, to which we moved some 20+ years ago, is disappearing before our very eyes. Instead of cattle, horses, and hayfields, we now see cars, trucks, and homes...And this goes on for MILES...it's absolutely unbelievable! I still have not figured out from where all these people came...or even better, how anyone can afford it...Anyway, I digress.

Schools in St. Louis need help, according to the superintendent . As schools close in the inner city and inner suburbs, and new schools are sought in western St. Charles County, the St. Louis region has yet to come to grips with the issue of urban sprawl, educators say.

George Henry, superintendent of Catholic Education for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, has watched the issue affect not only public schools but also the 164 Catholic schools in 11 counties in the region.

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