Facing rising costs and falling enrollments, the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore will close 13 of its 64 schools at the end of the academic year, officials have told employees and families, displacing 2,152 students and 325 teachers, staff and administrators. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien says all displaced students will be given a spot in a different school. It is not clear how many employees will lose their jobs.
The Baltimore Sun has produced a package on the school reorganization: