Another day another school

This time Lansford..

Worries among parents that Our Lady of the Angels in Carbon county will close..

A few stories from around the country..

The weekly weekend reminder: It's not just here.

Ohio..

New York...

Iowa..

And from the Milwaukee JOURNAL SENTINAL

"Declining enrollment in Catholic schools nationwide is reflected in the Catholic elementary school closings in greater Racine, a spokeswoman for the Milwaukee Archdiocese said last week...

"Racine is no different as the diocese as a whole and schools across the country," said Kathleen Hohl, communications director for the Milwaukee Archdiocese."

Same old story. In a lot of places.

Anything can happen this week. Maybe even a phone call back from the Diocese!

Blogging. It's the new media, Bishop!

Matt Kerr name sightings..

While Mr. Matt Kerr apparently didn't have time to get back to a lowly little blogger, he did have the chance to speak to the Pottsville REPUBLICAN:

The Diocesan Parish Council met Thursday night for a meeting in which it was expected to decide on a recommendation regarding the possible closing of the school, which has 168 students in grades 7 through 12.

"They did meet," Kerr said during a telephone conversation Friday. "This is as I expected. Until the process is complete we won’t be making an announcement. The process won’t be complete until the Bishop (The Rev. Edward P. Cullen, Bishop of Allentown) acts on any recommendation he receives."

The Bell Tower Blog has also been informed that another representative of the Diocesan Parish Council was at Cardinal Brennan on Thursday and spoke of how impressed he was with the faculty and student body..

Developing.. soon.
Oh, and Matt, you have my number.

The last snowstorm..

Snow is falling down over East Central Pennsylvania today. And over Cardinal Brennan..

Years of snowball fights. .years of snowstorms causing delays and closings.. today's result was an earlier dismissal..

Perhaps for the last time this year. And maybe for the last time in the history of the school--depending on whatever the end-result will be of the CB decision process.

Years of memories from years of classes.. The school is quiet right now. No students, no teachers.. no nuns, no priests.
The school is empty as the snow falls down from the heavens above..

The snow falling down on the vacant building.. All of the people leaving it today hoped that it would only be temporarily vacant.. and not vacant for good.

Time will tell..

The clock ticks...

No responses from Matt Kerr. Almost midnight. I guess it wasn't my lucky day.

Waiting...........

Tick tock.. looking at the clock. Still nothing to infer from Matt Kerr.

Still no response. Second call made to Diocese.