“The Invest in Kids Act was a huge help to us with scholarships for those who couldn’t quite afford a Catholic education. And that program expired at the end of 2023 last month, and it has not been renewed yet,” Tina Lutzke said.
She said “there’s some hope” the tax credit program may be extended by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, but the school is not counting on it.
“It hasn’t happened, so we can’t plan for our operating expenses for next year,” she said. “Because of that, we’re short. So we have to make that up.”
Susan Lutzke said her experience at St. Bede was “really positive.”
“It’s a smaller school, so the classes are always super close together. And I’m still in contact with the people I was classmates with. It was really just a big family and it was a really great experience for me,” she said.
The Lutzkes have teamed up with the school in the fundraising effort and are working together under the name “Fund the Falcons: Save St. Bede School.”
Tina Lutzke said the archdiocese will meet with school officials Jan. 5 to talk about fundraising updates.
She said the school “meant enough to Susan that she wants to see it be there for future generations.”
“My whole class was like siblings. We were super close, all of us. There were never different groups that were gossiping. We were like a family, and it was fun to come to school every day,” Susan Lutzke said.
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