LA Archdiocese to close 6 schools due to hardships heightened by pandemic These six schools had been trying to overcome financial challenges long before the pandemic, said schools superintendent Paul Escala. This July 18, 2012 file photo shows a student stapling colored paper to the wall of a classroom after summer school at Our Lady of Lourdes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley)
April 5, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) Six Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are closing at the end of the 2020-21 school year due to financial hardships heightened by COVID-19.
“These six schools had been trying to overcome financial challenges long before the pandemic,” said Paul Escala, superintendent of schools for the archdiocese in his state of the union message posted on YouTube on March 31.
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