Interview with Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey, Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Pat Hickey from the Chicago Daily Observer discusses Catholic schools with Superintendant Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey on July 30th. Sr. Mary Paul began leading Archdiocese of Chicago Schools, the largest Catholic School system in the United States, this July.
Hickey- Having directed Marion Catholic one most the Chicago area’s impressive co-educational college prep schools for thirty years, you seem more than up to the challenge of righting the course of Chicago’s Catholic schools, what is your first priority?
McCaughey – I was at Marion for sixteen years, but I will tell you this I believe, Pat, that good schools share some common threads. First is the focus on our mission and our mission is this – the Catholicity and successful academic performance of our people. In order to do that, we need a lot of help. We need to engage their parents, we need to engage our professionals – teachers; ... Read More...
