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Speaker 1: Facing steadily declining enrollments and financial difficulties, Saint Joseph'school is

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Speaker 1: closing after nearly one hundred years. Taylor Maderos is among

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Speaker 1: the parents of students who just learned about this a

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Speaker 1: week ago.

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Speaker 2: The kids have been here forever. It's been such a

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Speaker 2: strong community. I went here, so, I mean there's some serious,

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Speaker 2: you know, some strong roots.

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Speaker 1: When asked for a statement, the Archdiocese of Boston sent

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Speaker 1: a copy of the letter parents received, which said Saint

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Speaker 1: Joseph's will conclude its mission in June, adding its working

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Speaker 1: with area parish schools to welcome families, faculty, and staff

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Speaker 1: for the upcoming school year.

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Speaker 2: If we had known at the beginning of school year

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Speaker 2: or last year when they did a state of the

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Speaker 2: school that this was an issue, could we have been proactive,

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Speaker 2: Could we have done something and done some better fundraising

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Speaker 2: in order to help prevent this, And we never had.

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Speaker 1: That opportunity in Medford. James Rojas WBZ, Boston some news

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