Mr. Deegan joined His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan on ‘Conversations with Cardinal Dolan’ today, to discuss the decision to keep the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New York open, citing a .0016% positivity rate within the schools. The Archbishop and Superintendent also discussed testing, and the city's and state’s responsibility to step up to [...]
Superintendent of Schools Michael J. Deegan appeared on Fox and Friends this morning at 7:15 a.m. to speak about the archdiocese’s decision to keep Catholic schools open regardless of the public school decision. > Click here to view this live coverage
The public schools in New York City may be closing, but the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New York remain committed to keeping their buildings open, while monitoring the health and safety of students and staff. ABC 7 NY was on the scene at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Manhattan to speak to [...]
Spectrum News NY1 reported on our declaration to keep our schools open regardless of what the public schools do. We take pride in the fact that our school communities have remained safe places for our students to learn, pray and grow together. For this reason, we feel we can handle our schools on a case-by-case [...]
THIS JUST RELEASED! (Haga clic aquí para la versión en español de este anuncio) Since early September, the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New York have been open for in-person learning. This ambitious course of action was made possible by the development of clear health and safety protocols under the Catholic Schools Reopening Plan [...]
The Archdiocese of New York is demanding the city pay for and administer COVID-19 testing for students in Catholic schools in the coronavirus yellow zones in order to meet the mandatory 20 percent testing threshold, which will allow schools to remain open for in-person learning. Lawyers for the archdiocese continue to assert that Catholic school [...]
In a message sent on Saturday to parents with children attending Catholic Schools in Manhattan and The Bronx, Superintendent Michael J. Deegan wrote (haga clic aquí para la versión en español de este anuncio): As you are aware, there have been recent spikes in cases of COVID-19 throughout New York City. Since September 9th, our [...]
In a message to Staten Island Catholic Schools Families, the Superintendent of Schools wrote: I want to write with an update on the status of the yellow zone designation of our schools. All Catholic schools on Staten Island will reopen our buildings this Monday, November 16. In order to keep our buildings open, we have [...]
Today, the Superintendent of Schools issued this further update regarding Catholic Schools on Staten Island (Haga clic aquí para la versión en español de este anuncio): Dear Staten Island Catholic Schools Community, I know the past 24 hours has been filled with frustration, angst and uncertainty for your family and most especially your children. While [...]
November 11, 2020 Dear Catholic School Families, Over the past seven days, the average positivity rates in many areas of Staten Island areas have risen to as high as 5.2 percent and new daily hospital admissions have increased. For these reasons, Governor Cuomo announced today that the greater part of Staten Island is now a [...]
