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St. John Bosco Academy To Close

Brookline's Catholic Pre-K-8 school is shutting its doors forever.

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BROOKLINE, PA - St. John Bosco Academy is one of two local Catholic schools that will close at the end of the school year, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced. St. Agnes School in West Mifflin also will close.

Additionally, St. Malachy School in Kennedy Township will merge with Holy Trinity School in Robinson Township to become “Archangel Gabriel School. The Holy Trinity site will house grades K-8 and preschool will be at St. Malachy.

“The diocese will facilitate meetings of parents with principals from nearby Catholic elementary schools and assure them of opportunities to continue a Catholic education for their child,” Bishop David Zubik said in a statement.

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