St. Agatha students, alumni and parents hold rally to save the school
“Save our school” was a chant heard often outside of St. Agatha School, 736 48th Street, on Friday, February 3.
After receiving the news last month that the Catholic school that opened in 1922 would be closing this summer due to financial woes, students, parents, alumni and Assemblymember Felix Ortiz gathered outside the school with heavy hearts as they tried to send a message to the Diocese of Brooklyn that closing the beloved school would be a mistake.
“I’ve been here since pre-K,” said seventh grader Tony Meza. “It’s like a second home. I’ve met all my friends here. The night I heard it was closing, I started to cry a little but the next day, with my friends, I burst into tears. I was heartbroken. Now I have to graduate with strangers.”