I was born and raised and grew up in a town called East St. Louis, Illinois. Here's what I learned. We had our Catholic parishes, we had our Catholic schools. When the public school system went to hell in East St. Louis, so did the Catholic schools. They couldn't maintain and sustain livelihood and neighborhoods. When the public schools were subpar, people just wouldn't live in the community. They headed out to the burbs and I could list them all for you. (04:16–04:21)
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Asserts that the decline of public schools in East St. Louis affected Catholic schools.
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