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Historic Mercy High School To Close In San Francisco

Dwindling enrollment and escalating costs are blamed for the decision.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco’s historic Mercy High School, one of the last remaining all-girls Catholic schools in the city, will cease operations at the end of the school year on June 1, school officials have announced.

The announcement was made by current head of the school, Sister Carolyn Krohn, who said dwindling enrollment and escalating costs had made it impossible to keep Mercy High’s doors open.

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