NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Twenty Catholic schools in the New York City area will not reopen due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, and three schools will merge, the Archdiocese of New York said Thursday.
In a statement, the Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese said the pandemic “has had a devastating financial impact on Catholic school families and the greater Archdiocese.”
“Mass unemployment and continuing health concerns have resulted in families’ inability to pay their current tuition, and a significantly low rate of re-registration for the fall,” the statement read.
Several months of “cancelled public masses and fundraising for scholarships have seen a loss of parish contributions which traditionally help support the schools,” it added.
The following schools will not reopen in the fall, according to the Archdiocese:
- Corpus Christi School, Manhattan
- Divine Mercy School, New Windsor
- Holy Family School, New Rochelle
- Nativity of Our Blessed Lady School, Bronx
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel-St. Benedicta School, Staten Island
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Pelham Manor
- Our Lady of Pompeii School, Manhattan
- Our Lady of the Assumption School, Bronx
- Sacred Heart School, Suffern
- St. Ann School, Yonkers
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School, Shrub Oak
- St. John’s School, Kingsbridge, Bronx
- St. Joseph-St. Thomas School, Staten Island
- St. Luke School, Bronx
- St. Patrick School, Bedford
- St. Paul School, Yonkers
- St. Peter School, Poughkeepsie
- Sts. Peter & Paul School, Staten Island
- Sts. Philip & James School, Bronx
- St. Thomas Aquinas School, Bronx
St. John School in Goshen, meanwhile will start accepting students from Sacred Heart School in Monroe and St. Stephen-St. Edward School in Warwick.
