{"id":131037,"date":"2026-02-12T07:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131037\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:59:09","slug":"7-nyc-catholic-schools-will-close-at-end-of-academic-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131037\/","title":{"rendered":"7 NYC Catholic schools will close at end of academic year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Diocese of Brooklyn announced that seven Catholic elementary schools in New York City will close at the end of this academic year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The decision to close these schools was prompted by financial challenges and declines in enrollment, according to the diocese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Families will receive assistance with placement in other Catholic schools within the diocese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK &#8211; The Diocese of Brooklyn announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/dioceseofbrooklyn.org\/press-releases\/diocese-of-brooklyn-announces-closure-of-seven-catholic-schools-at-end-of-academic-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:seven Catholic elementary schools in New York City will close;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">seven Catholic elementary schools in New York City will close<\/a> at the end of this academic year.<\/p>\n<p>7 NYC Catholic schools will close<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The decision to close these schools was prompted by financial challenges and declines in enrollment, according to the diocese.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e9594fc8e380d3b851188ee04c3f25d7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;These schools have served generations of families with dedication and faith,&#8221; Superintendent of Schools and Deacon Kevin McCormack said in a statement. &#8220;The decision to close them was made only after careful consideration and with great sorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These seven schools experienced a decline in student enrollment over the course of six years:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Families will receive <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicschoolsbq.org\/schooltransitions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:assistance with placement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">assistance with placement<\/a> in other Catholic schools within the diocese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article includes information from the Diocese of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief The Diocese of Brooklyn announced that seven Catholic elementary schools in New York City will close&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[56171,23130,56195,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-131037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-catholic-elementary-schools","tag-diocese-of-brooklyn","tag-financial-challenges","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}