A new state law gives municipalities control of that decision under certain circumstances. Some catholic schools in our region are facing tough times. But one Blair County parochial school continues to be successful. St. Patrick's school, in Newry, dedicated its new classroom wing on Monday. The new addition houses classrooms and a music and art facility.
Officials say their school has having one good fortune after another.
People in the Johnstown area are getting more good news this morning, after learning that a church housekeeper amassed a six-figure fortune, and left it in her will to the church and a catholic high school. Half of the money will go to a Catholic parish in Johnstown, and the other half to Bishop McCort High School. A husband and wife team are filming a documentary on the history of the Serbian community and other ethnic groups in Cambria County. Maria and Andrei Simic's project illlustrates the virtues immigrants brought to blue-collar towns throughout the Johnstown area. Andrei Simic is a professor and Maria, a Johnstown native of Serbian descent, is a retired professor of Serbian and Greek languages at Arizona State University.