Archdiocese Releases List of Schools at Risk for Closure

The schools were selected by committees that looked at enrollment and demographics of the school community

Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 | Updated 8:41 AM EDT

Ida Siegal

Parents across our area are learning that their kids' schools may not exist in a matter of months. More than two dozen schools run by the New York Archdiocese have been put on notice. News 4's Ida Siegal has the story.

Catholic Schools on the Chopping Block

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The Archdiocese of New York has released their final list of schools at-risk for closure in June 2013.

The schools, located in Manhattan and the Bronx as well as Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Ulster, Orange and Sullivan counties, were selected by local boards of three pilot regions within the diocese. Both clergy and lay people are included on these boards.

The boards, along with reconfiguration committees, examined data -- including enrollment and local demographics -- that ensures the decision to close these schools will result in financially healthy schools, according to a press release.

"The long-term goal of regionalization is to maintain sustainable, excellent local school options for families wishing a Catholic education," the press release said.

The list of "at-risk" schools is included below.

MANHATTAN	THE BRONX
Annunciation	Holy Spirit
Holy Cross	Our Lady of Angels
Holy Name of Jesus	Our Lady of Mercy
St. Gregory the Great	St. Jerome
St. James-St. Joseph	Blessed Sacrament
St. Jude	St. Anthony
	St. Mary
	St. Mary Star of the Sea

WESTCHESTER	DUTCHESS
Holy Name of Jesus, Valhalla	Regina Coeli, Hyde Park
Our Lady of Fatima, Scarsdale	St. Joseph, Millbrook
St. Casimir, Yonkers
Our Lady of Assumption, Peekskill
St. Theresa, Briarcliff Manor

ROCKLAND	ULSTER, ORANGE, SULLIVAN
St. Augustine, New City	Sacred Heart, Newburgh
St. Peter, Haverstraw	St. Joseph, Kingston
	St. Mary of the Snow, Saugerties