La Salle Closure: Student Perspective

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Parents have recently mobilized with a to save school after the said that the school would be one of six Long Island Catholic elementary schools to close this June.

The group launched pages on Facebook and Twitter and the website www.savelasalleregional.org, which contains a form letter for parents to send in, flyers to pass out and a petition to sign.

A rally is scheduled for Jan. 7 at noon starting at the Village Green and proceeding to the front of the school.

Here are some other student reactions sent in:

 "My son Christian Picone was upset of the news. He said 'awh my friends my teachers, what will happen?' Then he saw me upset and said to me 'it's ok mommy time to move on, don't cry'! He is only eight and to say that!" - Judy Picone, La Salle parent.

"My daughter Stephanie is devastated by the closing of her school. She is in fourth grade now. She has been there since nursery school. Seven years worth of friendships are now just thrown away because of the Diocese. The friendships that were built here are the other side of the equation. Its not just a school to us but a family." - Victor Calderone, La Salle parent.