Diocese of Brooklyn to Offer In-Person or Online Learning Options for the Fall May 3, 2021 Photo: Courtesy of the Diocese of Brooklyn WINDSOR TERRACE — The Diocese of Brooklyn will fully reopen its Catholic academies and parish schools for in-person learning again this fall. The diocese will also provide parents the option of enrolling their children in online-only instruction for the 2021-22 school year through the new St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Online Academy (STACOA). STACOA will be a new institution of the St. Thomas Aquinas Distance Learning Program — launched last September in response to the pandemic — and will be a separate entity from the “brick and mortar” schools.