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FEBRUARY 21, 2024 • Vol. 44, No. 4
Effort underway to save St. Germaine Catholic School BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
Fundraising is now underway to support a parent-led effort to keep the St. Germaine Catholic School in St. Clair Shores open. According to an email sent Feb. 13 by principal Colleen Maciejewski to the school’s parents, a proposal was made to save the school, which was slated to close by the end of this academic year. The proposal was written by Michael Kaddis, a parent at St. Germaine. “I am grateful to Father Joe, the parish financial council, our Family of Parishes and to the Archdiocese of Detroit for their openness to considering this proposal and granting approval for the group to move forward with the process,” Maciejewski stated in the email. The Rev. Joe Barron said in a letter, sent on Jan. 16, that the school near Martin Road and Little Mack Avenue has been running at a deficit of around $150,000 for many years. He also stated in the letter that the Our Lady of Hope Parish had been subsidizing the deficit, which was possible due to money gained from the sale of the St. Gertrude Campus, but that the
ABOVE: Plans to keep the St. Germaine Catholic School open were presented to parents at a meeting on Feb. 15. Photo by Alyssa Ochss
LEFT: Parents were notified Jan. 16 of the planned closure at the end of this school year. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
See ST. GERMAINE on page 15A
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