The Daily Numbers: 5 Prendie students who took their message directly to Archbishop Charles Chaput Sunday night.
1 week, how long it likely will take Bonner-Prendie officials to decided if they will seek an appeal of ruling shutting them down.
900,000 dollars per year, how much it costs to operate the Bonner-Prendie campus. That’s most expensive in the archdiocese.
332,527 dollar deficit for the schools at the end of the 2010-11 school year.
509 boys attending Bonner and 430 girls enrolled at Prendie.
86 percent less than the two schools’ peak enrollment of 6,905 in 1962.
525 students lost at the 2 schools in just the last 3 years.
1 school, the hope of students for a single merged school.
3 people charged with arson in the fire that roared through facilities at the Chester Heights Campmeeting.
16 windows shot out by 18 shots from a pellet or BB gun at Chester City Hall.
1953, when Archbishop Prendergast opened its doors as a boys school.
30 years in prison on child porn charges for a Delaware man who dabbled in kiddie porn. Some of his victims were kids from Delco he used to baby sit for.
3 alarm fire that gutted a home on Carlton Place in Upper Providence and left 1 person homeless. No injuries were reported.
600 teachers in the Neshaminy School District in Bucks County on strike. The average salary is $77,000. They range from a start of $42,000 to almost $96,000.
0, what they currently pay for health care. The school board wants them to share 15 percent of the cost; the union is offering 8 percent.
2 people killed in a fire this morning in the Tacony section of Philadelphia.
500 parking meters reported stolen in Toms River, N.J.
18 million dollar in units sold in a ritzy high-rise condo on Rittenhouse Square in Philly.
4.85 million, how much Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee and his wife plunked down for a condo.
21.5 million deal for satellite work awarded to Lockheed Martin in King of Prussia.
5 straight years that revenues have been down in Atlantic City casinos, mostly because of new competition here in Pa.
100,000 dollar donation made to Penn State by Joe Paterno and his wife, despite his being sacked as head football coach.
5 straight wins for the Sixers.
6-2 record as they lead the Atlantic Division.
8,612 attendance at last night’s win over the Pacers. Disappointing.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.God loves Tim Tebow. But I think he’s going to have his money on the Patriots this weekend.
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I Don’t Get It: Apparently part of the arson spree that destroyed buildings at the Chester Heights Campmeeting was captured on video. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the students at Bonner and Prendie who held a rally this morning – before school – then headed into their first class of the day on time. Well done.
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Quote Box: “The only thing I can do for you, the faculty, students and staff, is be honest with you.”
- Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast President the Rev. James Olson, at service for the students on Monday.
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