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Low enrollment, drop in donations prompts closure of four Houston-area Catholic schools
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Low enrollment, drop in donations prompts closure of four Houston-area Catholic schools

Julie Cook, center, readies her students for dismissal after a prayer at the end of the school day at Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic School on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Houston. The school closed last year because of low enrollment. This week, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston announced it would close four additional schools in Houston and Pasadena.
Julie Cook, center, readies her students for dismissal after a prayer at the end of the school day at Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic School on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Houston. The school closed last year because of low enrollment. This week, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston announced it would close four additional schools in Houston and Pasadena.
Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer

Falling enrollments and a drop-off in funding, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic, led the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to announce Tuesday it would permanently close four Catholic schools throughout the region.

Campus leaders at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Queen of Peace and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic schools in Houston and St. Pius V Catholic School in Pasadena were told Monday their schools would not reopen. About 257 students and dozens of teachers and staff members will be affected by the closures.

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