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St James High School faces closure ends era of pride
Alumni and townspeople react to the Philadelphia Archdiocese plan to close St James High School for Boys in Chester. Graduates Mike DeGrave and Dominick Cacciatore describe the school as home, while others mourn the loss of a local institution and fear transition to larger future schools Cardinal O Hara or Monsignor Bonner.
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S.T.J
St. James
Philadelphia
DeGrave
Cacciatore
St. James High School
John Mooney
21St Street
Aston
Archdiocese
Anna Mastella
Ridley Park
John
Edward Zelusky
Chester
Craig Brugger
Cardinal O’hara
Monsignor Bonner
Dan Martyn
Falcroft
Devin Roberts
O’hara
Chester High School