{"id":24826,"date":"2024-04-10T16:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=24826"},"modified":"2024-04-10T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:30:58","slug":"our-lady-of-grace-will-cease-operations-at-the-conclusion-of-the-2023-2024-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/our-lady-of-grace-will-cease-operations-at-the-conclusion-of-the-2023-2024-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of Grace will cease operations at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 school year."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Community<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy<\/a> will cease operations at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 academic year. The Diocese will work with the Catholic school administrators in the Rock Island Vicariate to help families transition to nearby Catholic schools in Moline and Rock Island and assist teachers and staff in applying for any open positions in area schools.<\/span><\/p>

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As you know., Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy was scheduled to close at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 school year. In reversing that decision, the Diocese developed a timeline for the school to<\/span><\/p>\n

achieve several critical benchmarks to determine the school’s ongoing sustainability. Among the targets established at that time was reaching an enrollment of 135 students by the 2024-2025 school year.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, this year’s enrollment is 102 students, and a recent survey conducted by the school administration projected that OLGCA would lose at least ten more students next year. Over the past four years, enrollment has fallen from 158 students to 102, a loss of 35 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to low and steadily declining enrollment, other factors that have led to the difficult decision to close the school include:<\/span><\/p>

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