Six schools slated for closure in New York Archdiocese to remain open

Published: 2006-04-25

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Six Catholic schools in the New York Archdiocese that had been slated for possible closure at the end of the school year will now remain open. Nine schools will close and two will merge, according to an April 21 announcement from the New York Archdiocese. New York Cardinal Edward M. Egan announced in the March 16 edition of the archdiocesan newspaper, Catholic New York, that the 52-member Archdiocesan Realignment Advisory Panel had begun considering a proposal that could lead to the closing of up to two dozen parishes, half a dozen missions and 14 schools in Manhattan, the Bronx and other southern sections of the archdiocese. The decision to keep six of the schools open was made after a series of meetings with school communities. Proposals to close eight other schools were confirmed. One school that was recommended to merge with another school will instead close at the end of the school year, while another merger will proceed as recommended.

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