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It is absolutely unbelievable how the Diocese of Scranton is so naive in its Catholic school downsizing that they are willing to cut the only assets the school system has ever had.
Bishop Hoban had a long record as a superb high school with a steady and improving enrollment. However, since other schools in the diocese were not as successful, the diocese saw it fit to merge schools.
In this merging they stripped many people of their alma mater by changing its name, taking over the building in which many spent four years accumulating memories, and cutting some of the dedicated teachers who have been committed to the establishment for large portions of their lives.
These teachers made it possible for us to be who we are today.
If the diocese needed our building, fine. If they saw fit to change the name, then do it. But don’t strip Hoban of its true identity and worth – its teachers who are loved, revered, and whom many will never forget.
I owe every ounce of my ability and my confidence to the teachers at Bishop Hoban.