On 2/1/2025 at 10:32 AM, Breds82 said:

It’s been a long time coming but I can say for many former students this is as about exciting as it can be. Finally to have your own home field, it’s hard to put into words. I have so many fond memories of the game day routine, going over who was starting where, praying at the grotto, then getting on the Blue Goose to ride to our game. If we played at Newport we had the people on 9th street yelling at us, whether we were playing Newport or not. The rides home after we won or lost (total silence). But this is something  we wish we all had when we went to school at NCC. Can’t say enough good things about Principal  Callopy and everyone else involved. 

2025 will be the 90th football season at New Cath. Sheesh....that's a LOT of football seasons without having their own stadium.

I didn't see what the stadium name is intended to be (Carlisle Stadium?), but I saw the field itself is going to be Robert J. Schneider Field. That's absolutely the right call to make there.

On 2/1/2025 at 12:22 AM, Voice of Reason said:

That is exciting! Is the Beechwood game this year scheduled at Beechwood or NCC?

They have not played each other fopr three years. 

1 hour ago, happ said:

They have not played each other fopr three years. 

They played in 2022.

And they rescheduled Beechwood for this year.  

On 3/27/2022 at 4:42 PM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Catholic schools, much to the disbelief of many public school folks, do not, in fact, have piles of gold lining the halls. They have to fund raise and save for repairs - especially unforeseen repairs when something like a roof leak happens.

@Colonels_Wear_BlueComing across this a couple years late, reading about NCC's new field. But I can say I was under assumption of this until recently. Within the last year I was talking with a athletic director from a public school and mentioned something like "wouldn't you love to have a job" at such and such prestigious Catholic school, assuming that it would make his life easier and be compensated better than working in the public school system. He proceeded to let me know that even though working in the Catholic school system has its benefits it is also very challenging and that like you said they do not have piles of gold and that alot of staff at Catholic schools are actually not paid what most people think they would be paid and broke down to me a little bit more how those things work. I do not think any school staff are paid enough for being the ones in charge of our youths future. He let me know he was very thankful for his job and that most people employed on school staff's private or public definitely aren't doing it for the compensation but more so to make a difference but Catholic schools have their own set of hurdles. He mentioned diocese this and diocese that many times, I got kind of lost but got the gist of what he was saying. It opened my eyes a little bit to the reality of it all rather than just the usual perception of everything.

Catholic schools pay diddly squat.  Most would make more doing literally anything else. 

And yes they have to fundraise for things, public schools do too.  There are some Catholic schools that are indeed ripe with cash, but most are just getting by, like most public schools.

1 hour ago, Honey Badger said:

@Colonels_Wear_BlueComing across this a couple years late, reading about NCC's new field. But I can say I was under assumption of this until recently. Within the last year I was talking with a athletic director from a public school and mentioned something like "wouldn't you love to have a job" at such and such prestigious Catholic school, assuming that it would make his life easier and be compensated better than working in the public school system. He proceeded to let me know that even though working in the Catholic school system has its benefits it is also very challenging and that like you said they do not have piles of gold and that alot of staff at Catholic schools are actually not paid what most people think they would be paid and broke down to me a little bit more how those things work. I do not think any school staff are paid enough for being the ones in charge of our youths future. He let me know he was very thankful for his job and that most people employed on school staff's private or public definitely aren't doing it for the compensation but more so to make a difference but Catholic schools have their own set of hurdles. He mentioned diocese this and diocese that many times, I got kind of lost but got the gist of what he was saying. It opened my eyes a little bit to the reality of it all rather than just the usual perception of everything.

44 minutes ago, New Colonel said:

Catholic schools pay diddly squat.  Most would make more doing literally anything else. 

And yes they have to fundraise for things, public schools do too.  There are some Catholic schools that are indeed ripe with cash, but most are just getting by, like most public schools.

In the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the schools focus more on paying their teachers better, which comes at the cost of charging more at the door for the tuition that families have to pay to send their kids to the schools. The Diocese of Covington, Diocese of Lexington, and Diocese of Owensboro (I've been told) take the opposite approach and try make it easier for families to afford to send their kids to diocesan Catholic schools by keeping teacher salaries lower. It's kind of a "pick your poison" of sorts for each of the diocese' school districts.

I did a little searching on Google to come up with some actual numbers, and could only find actual publicly disclosed pay scales from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Covington. The other pay scales, below, are based on numbers put out by websites like Indeed and ZipRecruiter who track the published wages from teacher job listings that have been posted by the dioceses. The figures below are maximums & minimums, and from what I saw in the course of searching it looks like average wages paid by each archdiocese/diocese, across the board, tend to hover around about 80% of the maximum possible wages.

There are also definitely some exceptions to the rule, here, when it comes to schools that are operated by religious orders. Without going into a whole at-length explanation of how those are operated separately-but-inclusive to the diocese, those schools have to at least meet the pay scales established by the diocese they are located in, but they are also able to exceed the diocesan maximum payscale...and from friends and family I have working in some of those particular schools, I know that those schools do oftentimes choose to exceed the diocesan maximums for salaries. A few examples of those are St. Xavier in Louisville (operated by The Xaverian Brothers), Notre Dame Academy (operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame), Sacred Heart Academy (operated by the The Ursuline Sisters), St. Xavier in Cincinnati (operated by The Jesuits), and Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati (operated by The Ursuline Sisters).

Diocese of Covington (2023-2024)
Service Years	Min	Max
0 Years	$36,372.00	$40,972.00
5 Years	$68,622.00	$43,222.00
10 Years	$40,872.00	$45,472.00
20 Years	$45,372.00	$50,822.00
30 Years	$48,622.00	$54,272.00
40 Years	$50,197.00	$55,847.00
50+ Years	$50,697.00	$56,347.00

Archdiocese of Louisville (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$41,900.00	$63,800.00

Diocese of Lexington (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$34,100.00	$50,600.00

Diocese of Owensboro (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$31,906.00	$59,797.00

Archdiocese of Cincinnati (2020-2021)
Min	Max
$37,000.00	$66,600.00

10 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

In the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the schools focus more on paying their teachers better, which comes at the cost of charging more at the door for the tuition that families have to pay to send their kids to the schools. The Diocese of Covington, Diocese of Lexington, and Diocese of Owensboro (I've been told) take the opposite approach and try make it easier for families to afford to send their kids to diocesan Catholic schools by keeping teacher salaries lower. It's kind of a "pick your poison" of sorts for each of the diocese' school districts.

I did a little searching on Google to come up with some actual numbers, and could only find actual publicly disclosed pay scales from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Covington. The other pay scales, below, are based on numbers put out by websites like Indeed and ZipRecruiter who track the published wages from teacher job listings that have been posted by the dioceses. The figures below are maximums & minimums, and from what I saw in the course of searching it looks like average wages paid by each archdiocese/diocese, across the board, tend to hover around about 80% of the maximum possible wages.

There are also definitely some exceptions to the rule, here, when it comes to schools that are operated by religious orders. Without going into a whole at-length explanation of how those are operated separately-but-inclusive to the diocese, those schools have to at least meet the pay scales established by the diocese they are located in, but they are also able to exceed the diocesan maximum payscale...and from friends and family I have working in some of those particular schools, I know that those schools do oftentimes choose to exceed the diocesan maximums for salaries. A few examples of those are St. Xavier in Louisville (operated by The Xaverian Brothers), Notre Dame Academy (operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame), Sacred Heart Academy (operated by the The Ursuline Sisters), St. Xavier in Cincinnati (operated by The Jesuits), and Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati (operated by The Ursuline Sisters).

Diocese of Covington (2023-2024)
Service Years	Min	Max
0 Years	$36,372.00	$40,972.00
5 Years	$68,622.00	$43,222.00
10 Years	$40,872.00	$45,472.00
20 Years	$45,372.00	$50,822.00
30 Years	$48,622.00	$54,272.00
40 Years	$50,197.00	$55,847.00
50+ Years	$50,697.00	$56,347.00

 

Archdiocese of Louisville (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$41,900.00	$63,800.00

 

Diocese of Lexington (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$34,100.00	$50,600.00

 

Diocese of Owensboro (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$31,906.00	$59,797.00

 

Archdiocese of Cincinnati (2020-2021)
Min	Max
$37,000.00	$66,600.00

Thanks for the info. Again I know this is why BGP pays you the big bucks. ?. Excuse my grown man emoji.

21 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

In the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the schools focus more on paying their teachers better, which comes at the cost of charging more at the door for the tuition that families have to pay to send their kids to the schools. The Diocese of Covington, Diocese of Lexington, and Diocese of Owensboro (I've been told) take the opposite approach and try make it easier for families to afford to send their kids to diocesan Catholic schools by keeping teacher salaries lower. It's kind of a "pick your poison" of sorts for each of the diocese' school districts.

I did a little searching on Google to come up with some actual numbers, and could only find actual publicly disclosed pay scales from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Covington. The other pay scales, below, are based on numbers put out by websites like Indeed and ZipRecruiter who track the published wages from teacher job listings that have been posted by the dioceses. The figures below are maximums & minimums, and from what I saw in the course of searching it looks like average wages paid by each archdiocese/diocese, across the board, tend to hover around about 80% of the maximum possible wages.

There are also definitely some exceptions to the rule, here, when it comes to schools that are operated by religious orders. Without going into a whole at-length explanation of how those are operated separately-but-inclusive to the diocese, those schools have to at least meet the pay scales established by the diocese they are located in, but they are also able to exceed the diocesan maximum payscale...and from friends and family I have working in some of those particular schools, I know that those schools do oftentimes choose to exceed the diocesan maximums for salaries. A few examples of those are St. Xavier in Louisville (operated by The Xaverian Brothers), Notre Dame Academy (operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame), Sacred Heart Academy (operated by the The Ursuline Sisters), St. Xavier in Cincinnati (operated by The Jesuits), and Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati (operated by The Ursuline Sisters).

Diocese of Covington (2023-2024)
Service Years	Min	Max
0 Years	$36,372.00	$40,972.00
5 Years	$68,622.00	$43,222.00
10 Years	$40,872.00	$45,472.00
20 Years	$45,372.00	$50,822.00
30 Years	$48,622.00	$54,272.00
40 Years	$50,197.00	$55,847.00
50+ Years	$50,697.00	$56,347.00

 

Archdiocese of Louisville (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$41,900.00	$63,800.00

 

Diocese of Lexington (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$34,100.00	$50,600.00

 

Diocese of Owensboro (2022-2023)
Min	Max
$31,906.00	$59,797.00

 

Archdiocese of Cincinnati (2020-2021)
Min	Max
$37,000.00	$66,600.00

Not all of your info is correct.  

 

Archdiocese of Cincy does not have a set pay scale.  It is up to each individual school.  The document you have is essentially a guideline for the Archdiocese, at least that's what they used to say. 

Now, until the very recent expansion of school vouchers, NKY grade school tuition was considerably higher than in Cincy.  Now, the high schools in NKY were much cheaper than Cincy.  

I know my wife taught in the Archdiocese for 9 years, her first year teaching was for a grand total of 21,000. Her last year with a Masters degree was 29 grand. She was paid less than what the payscale said, and the Archdiocese HR said it was a guideline, not a minimum. I know it was also 8 years ago, so maybe it's different now.  

And my experience with the Archdiocese in particular treats their employees horribly.  They won't allow kids and spouses on the insurance, unless you pay the entire rate out of pocket.  My wife had 3 kids, was told she had to use sick time for each kid, which fine.  Later, she found out they gave paid maternity leave without having to use sick time, but HR & Benefits kept that policy buried on purpose, the email responses even said, "We don't advertise this policy."  There were so many other red flags and shadiness that she couldn't take it anymore and now teaches public school and is much, much happier.

3 hours ago, New Colonel said:

Not all of your info is correct.  

 

Archdiocese of Cincy does not have a set pay scale.  It is up to each individual school.  The document you have is essentially a guideline for the Archdiocese, at least that's what they used to say. 

Now, until the very recent expansion of school vouchers, NKY grade school tuition was considerably higher than in Cincy.  Now, the high schools in NKY were much cheaper than Cincy.  

I know my wife taught in the Archdiocese for 9 years, her first year teaching was for a grand total of 21,000. Her last year with a Masters degree was 29 grand. She was paid less than what the payscale said, and the Archdiocese HR said it was a guideline, not a minimum. I know it was also 8 years ago, so maybe it's different now.  

And my experience with the Archdiocese in particular treats their employees horribly.  They won't allow kids and spouses on the insurance, unless you pay the entire rate out of pocket.  My wife had 3 kids, was told she had to use sick time for each kid, which fine.  Later, she found out they gave paid maternity leave without having to use sick time, but HR & Benefits kept that policy buried on purpose, the email responses even said, "We don't advertise this policy."  There were so many other red flags and shadiness that she couldn't take it anymore and now teaches public school and is much, much happier.

That athletic director also mentioned that the retirement benefits between being in the public school system which is funded by the state and the retirement benefits in the private school system that were funded by the diocese were also drastically different.

4 hours ago, Honey Badger said:

That athletic director also mentioned that the retirement benefits between being in the public school system which is funded by the state and the retirement benefits in the private school system that were funded by the diocese were also drastically different.

Correct.  The retirement in the public schools are much, much better.  In the Catholic schools, honestly, you will be lucky to retire before 75 with how expensive everything is these days unless you inherit money or your spouse is the bread-winner. 

Newport Central Catholic is thrilled to announce the official name of its future, state-of-the-art athletic complex: Ciafardini Family Athletic Complex.

This achievement would not be possible without a significant contribution and lead gift for the Athletic Complex by Anthony (Tony) Ciafardini, Newport Catholic ‘66.  Newport Central Catholic is incredibly grateful for their support and the support of other key major donors, hundreds of gifts from the NCC community, and the Thoroughbreds who have supported us in countless hours of volunteering and prayers. 

“We could not be more excited and proud to finally have a permanent home for Thoroughbred athletics,” said Tony Ciafardini. "It’s an honor to support the creation of this athletic complex, knowing it will be a place where young people can grow in faith, strength, leadership, and community."

Read The Full Press Release HERE: https://bit.ly/3X8eO2O

This is awesome. For any donor who donated anything, big or small thank you. I know if I had a giant chunk of money and could've donated it for this project I would've without blinking. 

 

Woah, that's a lot bigger of a footprint than I was expecting.  I'm eager to see the final product when it's finished.