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Grades 1-5 cut with low enrollment at All Saints Catholic Academy

By TOM LAVENTURE

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IRONWOOD — Citing a lack of enrollment, All Saints Catholic Academy will reduce its curriculum to preschool and kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year.

Parents of children attending the Pre-K through fifth grade school were informed of the class reduction in a June 7 letter. Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church published the announcement in the June 16 church bulletin.

“We cannot offer any grades above kindergarten,” said Emily Lightfoot, lead teacher, in the letter to the parents. She could not be reached by phone.

There were 32 students enrolled...