{"id":1781,"date":"2006-05-22T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2006-05-22T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/just-like-the-good-old-days.html"},"modified":"2006-05-22T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2006-05-22T15:47:01","slug":"just-like-the-good-old-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/just-like-the-good-old-days.html","title":{"rendered":"Just like the good old days…"},"content":{"rendered":"

LaSalle Academy in Philadelphia…educating the poorest of the poor.<\/a> From the reader who passed it on, who also noted that tuition is $200 a year.<\/p>\n

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Today I visited the LaSalle Academy in Philadelphia’s poorest (yet most gentrified) nieghboorhood.  I was asked to advise them on a construction project.  This school is 3 years old and is being constructed in a huge former convent.  Their mission is serve the poorest of the poor, and the average family income of the students is $11,400 for four people.<\/p>\n

Naturally, it is a labor of love, unattached to any church organization.  Would you please let your readers know about this wonderful project?  They can access the website at <\/p>\n

www.lsa-philadelphia.org<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n

One interesting fact is the daily attendance rate of 96%.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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