Archdiocese of Baltimore to close 13 schools in city, county
The Baltimore Sun|March 03, 2010|By Arthur Hirsch
Facing rising costs and falling enrollments, the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore will close 13 of its 64 schools at the end of the academic year, officials told employees and families on Wednesday.
Parents reacted with anguish and anger as word spread of 12 K-8 schools and one high school, Cardinal Gibbons School. All are in Baltimore or Baltimore County.
“This is a major blow,” Ted Ewachiw said at Sacred Heart of Mary School in East Baltimore, where he picked up his two children after school Wednesday. “It’s terrible. I don’t know what I’m going to do now. I don’t want to send them to public.”
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