tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post2965400131593292231..comments2023-06-28T04:21:47.815-04:00Comments on DOR Catholic: Closing 13 Catholic schools cost the MCCS $3.2 millionMike Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05152225895101756147noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-13336485385458167342009-01-09T11:34:00.000-05:002009-01-09T11:34:00.000-05:00HCMom,The billboard is here. In 2005 and, I belie...HCMom,<BR/><BR/>The billboard is <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=p&layer=c&cbll=43.25207,-77.613064&panoid=txPAfGLsikp4agXtqSrLmQ&cbp=12,81.52746622194923,,1,-8.585450471282162&ll=43.259768,-77.61313&spn=0,359.963651&z=15&g=Rochester,+NY" REL="nofollow">here</A>. In 2005 and, I believe, 2006 it displayed whatever was the standard MCCS ad at that time for a couple of months early in the year.<BR/><BR/>A friend and I used to go to breakfast every week at the strip mall's greasy spoon. You can't miss the billboard from the parking lot and one of us would comment when the ad first went up each year.Mike Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152225895101756147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-40220620406573079712009-01-09T08:00:00.000-05:002009-01-09T08:00:00.000-05:00Mike: I'm not sure what you mean about that billbo...Mike: <BR/>I'm not sure what you mean about that billboard. Had we wanted to use it, most likely we would have not had the money to create the ad (our budget was all but non-existent, but we managed to pull enough $ together for the brochure). <BR/><BR/>The DOR is no different than some of these companies seeking federal bailout--they have mismanaged their business, disrespected their core constituents, and now want the "taxpayers" (those of us who put money in the Sunday basket) to foot the bill. None of this has anything whatsoever to do with spreading Catholicism, educating kids in our faith, or even spreading the social justice that our liberal Diocese keeps yammering about. It's all about $$$$.<BR/>-HCMOMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-88379438255546306742009-01-07T11:03:00.000-05:002009-01-07T11:03:00.000-05:00HCMom,From time to time there used to be a Catholi...HCMom,<BR/><BR/>From time to time there used to be a Catholic schools ad on the south facing billboard overlooking the little strip mall on the northeast corner of Lake Ave. and Latta Rd.<BR/><BR/>Was this one on the Holy Cross SAC projects?Mike Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152225895101756147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-8366815862179385602009-01-07T10:57:00.000-05:002009-01-07T10:57:00.000-05:00HCMom said, "If they are 200 students short of pro...HCMom said, <I>"If they are 200 students short of projections, it's most likely because they didn't market the schools properly ..."</I><BR/><BR/>It's not that DOR didn't market their schools properly last year, but that they did not market them at all.<BR/><BR/>A proper marketing campaign most likely would have produced more students than their "experts" had predicted and that they could have accommodated in their scaled-down system.<BR/><BR/>Ergo, no marketing and their self-fulfilling prophecy became a reality.Mike Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152225895101756147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-76619722851093374722009-01-07T07:51:00.000-05:002009-01-07T07:51:00.000-05:00When I was the Marketing chairperson for our schoo...When I was the Marketing chairperson for our school's SAC, I asked the Doug Mandelaro why there was so little marketing for the schools, particularly in our part of the city. "It's so expensive" I was told. So we cobbled together enough money to do our own brochure, local ads, and grass roots marketing, which was having an effect. Then we were closed, and the diocese DENIED that there was no marketing done for our school. I even pointed out in the schools Marketing Plan that they provided me that we were excluded!<BR/><BR/>If they are 200 students short of projections, it's most likely because they didn't market the schools properly and took away all school choice from parents. <BR/><BR/>There were some underperforming DOR staff members who should have been the ones to take responsibility for declining enrollment, both at Buffalo Rd. and in the schools. But the kids and teachers are the ones who got the punishment. <BR/><BR/>Who will take responsibility for these new failures? Will Doug M. lose his job? How about Ms. Passero? Nope--it will be the rest of us who bear the brunt of mismanagement.<BR/>-HCMOMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-38223175516504933122009-01-06T19:20:00.000-05:002009-01-06T19:20:00.000-05:00Got it, Dr. K. Thanks.Got it, Dr. K. Thanks.Mike Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152225895101756147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-76001802017229657922009-01-06T18:22:00.000-05:002009-01-06T18:22:00.000-05:00They've got an article up at the NBC site, but no ...They've got an article up at the NBC site, but no clip yet.<BR/><BR/>Here's the article: <A HREF="http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S731322.shtml?cat=566" REL="nofollow">http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S731322.shtml?cat=566</A><BR/><BR/>~Dr. KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-66306335938347310062009-01-06T17:59:00.000-05:002009-01-06T17:59:00.000-05:00Mike, 6pm tonight NBC is going to show an investig...Mike, 6pm tonight NBC is going to show an investigative report about the MCCS costs to close the schools.<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll get the message in time, or are watching.<BR/><BR/>~Dr. KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421048675188238799.post-27361028278569175502009-01-05T22:09:00.000-05:002009-01-05T22:09:00.000-05:00They could have spent half that much on increasing...They could have spent half that much on increasing the advertising of their product, and maybe generating some additional revenue that way, let alone educate our children in the faith. Just another reason why our Diocese is so stagnant.<BR/><BR/>~Dr. KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com