March 29, 2007

Significant progress has been made in the transition process in the six days since the June closure of Cardinal Brennan Junior/Senior High School was announced:

• On Wednesday, March 28 Nativity BVM High School principal Father Ronald V. Jankaitis, Th.M. and Marian High School principal Sister Bernard Agnes Smith, I.H.M. met with Cardinal Brennan's 8th through 11th grade students to acquaint them with what their schools had to offer.
• Trinity Academy principal Sister Mary Ann Spaetti, I.H.M. visited Cardinal Brennan on Thursday, March 29 to talk to the seventh grade class about Trinity Academy.
  
• On Friday, March 30, the principals of all four schools involved (Cardinal Brennan, Trinity Academy, Nativity and Marian) will meet with Diocesan officials to discuss the transition process.
  
• Public school transportation from the North Schuylkill School District and the Shenandoah Valley School District will be provided to Nativity BVM High School in Pottsville. The Diocese will contract for bus transportation from the North Schuylkill area to Marian High School in Hometown.
  
• On Monday, April 2 there will be an open house at Nativity BVM High School at 6:30 PM. A flyer was sent home with the students on Wednesday.
  
• On Tuesday, April 3 there will be an open house at Marian High School at 7 PM. A flyer was sent home with the students on Wednesday.
  
• On Wednesday, April 4, Sister Mary Ann Spaetti will hold a meet-and-greet for seventh grade parents at Trinity academy. A formal open house will be held after Easter.
  
• Also on Wednesday, April 4 a meeting will be held for Cardinal Brennan faculty and staff with human resources personnel from the Diocese of Allentown.
  
• The formal transition team will be formed after the administrator's meeting tomorrow. The first transition team meeting will be after the team members are contacted
  

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