After years of financial strain and an aging building, All Hallows High School, founded by the Christian Brothers, will permanently close in June 2025.
After years of struggling to maintain costs and building upkeep, a tough decision to graduate its final class has been made.A more than a century-old Catholic educational institution in the South Bronx will graduate its final class at the conclusion of the 2024/2025 academic year.
All Hallows High School, founded in 1909 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, will permanently close its doors on June 30, 2025.The school's Board of Trustees made the announcement on Friday and cited decades of financial distress and an aging building in need of systemic rehabilitation and upgrades among the reasons for closing the school.The Archdiocese of New York has been informed of this decision.
Families of students, and members of the faculty and staff, were notified Friday of the "painful, but necessary" decision to close the 115-year-old college preparatory school on East 164th Street. All Hallows is the first, and oldest, educational institution that the Christian Brothers established in the United States. The group went on the establish more than 200 additional educational institutions.Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo,
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