Archdiocese Considers New Round of Catholic School Closings

Archdiocese officials say final decisions have not been made

Area Catholic schools may again be targeted for a new round of closings.

Sources tell NBC 5 that several schools are slated for closure, but officials with the Archdiocese of Chicago say no final decisions have been made.

Officials at St. Cornelius School in the Jefferson Park neighborhood confirm that they have eight days to raise $250,000 or face closure.

The potential closures are believed to be an attempt by Cardinal Francis George to hand over a financially healthier school system to the incoming archbishop Blase Cupich.

Last month, Our Lady of Victory school in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood staved off closure by raising more than $1 million of the $400,000 it needed to stay open.

It was one of six schools the Archdiocese announced it was planning to close in January.

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