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A wing and a prayer. Financial crisis has Catholic schools struggling to serve low-income students
Andrew J. Campa
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St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in La Puente saw its attendance drop dramatically in the fall. Above, second-grade teacher Marisela Sahagun leads the Pledge of Allegiance. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
It s been a year of deep losses at St. Joseph Elementary School in La Puente.
Thirty students, or about 16% of the student body, did not show up in the fall, costing the school tens of thousands of dollars in tuition. Four employees were laid off. One of the school s fundraising pillars, the annual jog-a-thon, was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions. ....

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