Private schools used to be able to sit back and wait for students to walk through the doors but now they must actively pursue new students and find creative ways to keep existing students

With summer break in full swing, officials at local private and Catholic schools are making the most of an opportunity to recruit students for the 2010-2011 school year

If public schools continue to see declining budgets, staffing cuts and increasing class sizes, it could be private schools that benefit.

The popularity of private schools has always been based on the idea that they offer something better than public schools: better discipline, higher morals, better test scores and facilities.