Sale keeps Preston High School in the Bronx open

Sale keeps Preston High School in the Bronx open

In an agreement, the Bally’s Foundation purchased the property from the Sisters of the Divine Compassion for $8.5 million.

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Bally’s, Nuns & Preston Strike Deal on JLo’s Former H.S. after AG Hearing; Other Catholic Schools Not So Lucky

ATTENDEES STAND TO applaud a key advocate during a hearing held at Lehman High School in the East Bronx on April 8, 2025, hosted by New York Attorney General Letitia James, on the impending closure of Preston High School, located in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx.Photo by Síle Moloney Maybe it was divine intervention but a day after the announcement that His Holiness, Pope Francis, had died, in a mayor victory for the Throggs Neck Catholi…

The death of Pope Francis shocked the world and especially Argentina. In this regard, Catholic schools - in many cases - decided to suspend classes and, in others, to carry out a day of prayer to dismiss and honor the Supreme Pontiff.In view of the decision of the national and provincial authorities to establish seven days of mourning, each Catholic management school arranged different measures according to its institutional and ecclesiastical a…

The decision of the Council of Catholic Education reaches the educational institutions belonging to the Bishopric of Jujuy