Regina High School to close after this school year 59

Regina school will close after this school year, according to the South Euclid college's Web site.

To blame : a decline in enrollment because of the recession and demographic shifts in the encircling communities, the web site reported.

The Catholic varsity preparatory college currently serves 217 young women, 48 of whom expect to compose the final graduating class in June 2010.

'The number of students in our area seeking a Catholic education is down by virtually half since 1975,' Acting Principal Sister Margaret Gorman related. 'But those students are served by about the same number of high schools. With the job losses experienced by so many folks in the past year, even fewer families can afford to select a Catholic high school.'

Faculty and staff were told Friday by board Chair Philip Mazanec, and letters have been sent to parents. The website also stressed plans for Regina be instrumental in helping each student and her folks, faculty and staff during the transition.

Regina was started by the Sisters of Notre dame in 1953 and moved to a support model with a ruling board in 2006.

'There are thousands of ladies who have shared the common experience of Regina, and the faculty will continue to make an impact through these women,' said Gorman, herself a Regina graduate, Class of 1966.