Some other schools are only staying open because they're merging with others. JohnBDias reports.
She's full of sorrow Thursday. She just found out her Catholic school - Immaculate Conception on East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx - is closing at the end of the year. "I am disappointed and now I've got to look for a new school," Kenny Garcia said. "I don't know what we are going to do next year. We planned on going here for kindergarten," she said.
Dolan said on the news outlet"The Good News Room" it must be done, and the reason for the changes is a residual effect of the COVID pandemic. Officials say enrollment was already down in certain Catholic schools, but the pandemic made it even worse. Some families Dias spoke with wish the schools gave them a heads up, so maybe they could have prevented this.
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