Brooklyn Diocese pulls plug on Catherine Laboure special-needs school

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyIt’s a bitter farewell.
The Brooklyn Diocese is shuttering a special-needs school in Canarsie and replacing it with a charter school, outraging longtime parishioners, teachers, and parents who supported the Catherine Laboure School. The impending closure will displace the more than two dozen students, which is a slap in the face to the vulnerable children currently enrolled, said an advocate of the school.“The closur