Posted on 06/05/2004 4:41:28 PM PDT by sidewalk
COHOES -- Residents today will hear a Mass marking the end of Catholic schools in the city.
The service will start at 11 a.m. at Cohoes Catholic School behind Holy Trinity Church.
Principal Jane Kromm said more than 250 people called ahead and planned to attend the Mass and a reception afterward in the school's gymnasium.
Cohoes Catholic School is closing at the end of the school year. With its closure comes the end of a history of Catholic schools in the riverfront city. At one time, there were eight Catholic schools in Cohoes with a combined enrollment of 1,000 or more students, said Kromm. This year, there were 73 students at Cohoes Catholic School, which was created eight years ago when the last of the individual parish schools closed.
At the reception, school officials will have photos from the former schools, all available for people to take. "Since we won't be here, there's no place to have them," Kromm said. "They will be given away on a 'See it, you take it' basis."
Other people will have other displays of memorabilia from some of the schools, including Keveny Memorial Academy, the high school which closed in 1986.
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