St. Rose Academy (Mayfield, Pennsylvania)

Saint Rose Academy was a private high school in Mayfield, Pennsylvania. It was located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, however as it did not operate under the blessings of the Bishop, it was never officially a Catholic school.

Saint Rose Academy
Location
Mayfield, Pennsylvania
Information
TypePrivate, Coeducational
Established2005
ClosedOctober 22, 2010
Grades7–12
Color(s)Black and Maroon
Team namePhoenix

Background

The school was established in 2005 to replace Sacred Heart High School, which the Diocese elected to close after the 2004–2005 school year. The new school was not operated with the blessing of the Bishop and was not considered a Catholic school. However, the school currilculm did follow Catholic theology and was mostly attended by Catholic students. In 2010, mounting financial troubles including a lawsuit by teachers who weren't being paid appropriately, a default on building loans, and not being current on federal taxes forced the building to be sold at a sheriff's sale auction.

Closure

St. Rose Academy closed on October 22, 2010. A official document from the administration cited "low enrollment" and "mounting financial obligations" as the main reasons why the school had to close. Informally, it was circulated through the community that fears about the loss of clear title to the building over the summer caused the hard-earned and gradually increasing enrollment of about 75 to plummet to just over 30, which consequently put the school's budget out of its means, as its income was slashed in half. The announcement of closure came suddenly after plans were made to move back into the three story 1950's-style Sacred Heart High School building in center-city Carbondale, which has remained vacant since the closure of Sacred Heart High School in 2005.[1] [2]

Notes and references
  1. Mark Guydish. "St. Rose Academy offers hope". Times-Leader. Archived from the original on June 28, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  2. "St. Rose Academy in Mayfield will no longer stay open".

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