West Philadelphia Catholic High School erupted into celebration earlier today when the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that it would not close as expected.
The school, which was put on the Philadelphia Archdiocese closing list in early January and was supposed to shut down in June, will stay open after today’s announcement by Archbishop Charles Chaput, NBC reports. All four Catholic high schools on the closing list will remain open. Chaput said that the community support was substantial after the January announcement and that the cash pledges and donations to keep the schools open reached $12 million. The plan is to raise $100 million in five years to keep all four Catholic high schools open.
February 24th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Wonderful!!!
February 24th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
They never had any designs on closing these schools. Who is really fooled by this ploy to get outside funding to support the education for the Diocese?
February 25th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
@Goldenmonkey – Your comment has been deleted. Let’s try to keep this above personal attacks. Thanks.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Hey, it’s your board and you’re free to moderate in any way you see fit.