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St. Chris school set to close for good this uniquely challenging year,” Zientarski wrote. “I would like to emphasize that this closing is Citing financial struggles due to financial realities, not caused by the Covid-19 pandem- because of a lack of commitic, church officials announced ment on the part of our commulast week that St. Christopher’s nity. Thank you for your commitSchool, a Catholic ment to the Cathoparochial school in lic education here Baldwin, would at St. Christopher’s close at the end of over the years and the school year and all the many sacrinot reopen in the f i c e s yo u h ave fall. made for our Two other elechurch and our mentary schools in school.” the Diocese of The past five Rockville Centre years, Zientarski will also close in explained, have June, said Sean been financially Dolan, a diocese challenging for the spokesman. parish school. In a letter Since 2017, he said, addressing parishSt. Christopher’s ioners, the Rev. pre-kindergarten Nicholas Zientarh ro u g h e i g h t h the ReV. NIcholAS tgrade ski, the pastor of enrollment St. Christopher’s zIeNtARSkI had declined by 41 church and school St. Christopher’s pastor percent. In 2017, since 2017, said his the school had 300 farewells to the students, but enschool, which has been a fixture rollment dropped to 179 at the in the Baldwin community for start of the 2020-21 academic nearly a century, since its found- year. As it has declined, Zientaring in 1925. ski said, revenue has also “Thank you for your commit- shrunk. ment and support of our school community, especially during Continued on page 4
By NIcole AlcINdoR nalcindor@liherald.com
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RockVIlle ceNtRe MAyoR Francis Murray, far left, honored Billy Mohr, second from right, and Patrick Erickson with a village proclamation for helping rescue motorists trapped in an overturned car in Baldwin.
South Side High School juniors lauded for heroism
Pair helped rescue trapped motorists in Baldwin By toM cARRozzA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Local elected officials and residents recently gathered to celebrate the heroism of two young men, Billy Mohr and Patrick Erickson, after the pair helped save motorists trapped in an overturned car in Baldwin on the night of March 13. The Rockville Centre teenagers, both juniors at South Side High School, received honors for their efforts. Rock-
ville Centre Mayor Francis Murray, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Town of Hempstead Clerk Kate Murray and Village Trustees Nancy Howard and Emilio Grillo were on hand in front of Village Hall on March 22 to praise Mohr and Erickson and present them with more proclamations than they could hold. “It looked like it was out of a movie,” Erickson said.
The two were in the backseat of a friend’s car on March 13 at around 11:30 p.m., traveling on Grand Avenue in Baldwin, when they spotted an overturned sedan where the road meets Demott Avenue, according to Jer ry Brown, public information officer for the Baldwin Fire Department. Erickson and Mohr immediately told their friends to pull over, and the two called 911 as they ran over to the Continued on page 3
would like to emphasize that this closing is due to financial realities, not because of a lack of commitment on the part of our community.