Families wanted to know from the new owners, Lifepoint Church, what could be done to save the school and what resulted in its abrupt closure.
Bay Shore Christian School parents, who attended a meeting Friday evening about the closing of the school, say they left with more questions than answers.Parents, like Christina Anderson of Bay Shore, left the meeting with one main question unanswered."Most of what they spoke about was just like different schools in the area, things that you could Google yourself,” he said. "We're scrambling.
Families, who chose the school for the Christian education, now are left scrambling to find any school that will take their child with just over a month before the new school year starts. "Parents offered resources and I feel like it just got turned down,” said Michelle Robinson, of Islip. "If it's a Christian school, work off faith. There's nothing God can't do."
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