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# ocal news U Education dept. reorganization announced By Rob Cullivan Staff writer ROCHESTER — Two diocesan edu- cation officials will leave their positions at the end of June, 1989, following a reor- ganization of the diocesan Department of General Education, according to a memo issued Monday, Feb. 27, by Brother Brian Walsh, superintendent of schools. James McAuliffe, assistant superinten- dent for public affairs for the last six years, and Sister Anne Guerin, SSJ, assistant superintendent for planning and de- velopment for the last seven years, will both leave their positions, which are being eliminated in the reorganization. Curren- tly, there are five assistant superintendent positions: public affairs, planning and de- velopment, urban education/public re- lations, curriculum, and personnel. In addition to McAuliffe and Sister Guerin, Sister Virginia Steinwachs, assis- tant , superintendent for urban edu- cation/public relations, will also leave in June, although her resignation is unrelated to the reorganization move. Sister Stein- wachs announced her decision in late Jan- uary, citing a desire for a change in career. Following the department reor- ganization, effective July 1, Sister Joseph Gilmary Russell, SSJ, assistant superin- tendent for personnel, will continue in that position — the only current post that will survive the shakeup. The reorganization will also create a new position of assistant superintendent for financial services, for which no candidates have been named as yet, Walsh said. Also, in July, Evelyn J. Kirst, assistant superintendent for curriculum, will leave her current post to fill one of three newly- created district superintendent positions for eastern Monroe County, western Monroe County, and clusters outside of Monroe County, Walsh said. The other two slots currently have no candidates, he noted. Kirst said that the region she would oversee had not been determined, but she noted that it most likely would be western Monroe County. - Neither McAuliffe, nor Sister Guerin will staff a position with die diocesan DivSl stop of Education following the reof- ^amzation, Walsh said. ^ According to Walsh's memo, me elin§§ ination of the current system is necessaly because the assistant superintendent! \(h)ired to assist the Catholic Schools Of- fice in very definite educational areas, .§. have had to give less and less time to their areas of specialization and ever increasing amounts of time to the development of t&e plans needed to insure the future of Catii<j- lic education in our diocese.'' I I When contacted, neither McAuliffe nor Sister Guerin would comment on the mat- ter. I Good Counsel parents accept switch to Holy Family By Rob Cullivan Staff writer ROCHESTER — Despite dis- appointment over a proposal to close Our Lady of Good Counsel School, most par- ents will go along with a plan to transfer their children to Holy Family, a regional elementary school, according to officials at both schools. On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the school boards of Good Counsel and Genesis Junior High voted to close both schools — housed in the same building at 630 Brooks Ave. — in June, 1989, based on declining enrollment and a combined budget deficit. The propo- sal to close the schools has been submitted to Bishop Matthew H. Clark for approval. The schbol boards also decided to merge Good Counsel with Holy Family School at 899 Jay St. Students from Good Counsel are being encouraged to enroll at Holy Fa- mily, a regional elementary school which also draws students from St. Francis of As- sisi, St. Anthony and Holy Apostles par- ishes. Holy Family hosted an open house for Good Counsel students and their families on Tuesday evening, Feb. 21. According to Sister Lorraine Burns, SSND, Holy Fa- mily's principal, 45 parents and 75 chil- dren came to die open house. Currently, 147 students are enrolled in grades K-6 at Good Counsel. Most of die parents were pleased with what they saw at Holy Family, Sister Burns commented. \I didn't hear anything nega- tive at all,\ she said, noting that several parents called during die next few days to inquire about registering their children at me school for next fall. One of diose parents was James Cava- lier, whose two sons attend Good Counsel. Cavalier said he was impressed with Holy Family and planned to send his children mere. \The boys thought it was real nice,\ Cavalier remarked. \We've always been pleased with Good Counsel. (Holy SEAFOOD SPECIALS Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent SEAFOOD PLATTER *6.75 Scallops, Haddock, Clams Caslnot complete w/ trench fries, cole slaw and salad bar *4.75 $ 5.95 *5.50 FISH FRY French fries, cole slaw, bread & butter BAKED FISH French fries, chef salad or cole slaw FRIED SHRIMP French fries, chef salad or cole slaw COMPUTE SWOOP HEMP AVAILABLE LUNCH SPECIALS: FRIED FISH SANDWICH '3.95 French fries, coie slaw SHRIMP IN A BASKET '3.95 Franch frits, cate slaw Mention this ad and receive £^ a complimeotary qlass of wine ' mm LUNCHES 11:36-2:30; DINNERS M:3fl today ttnmjli SatwtJjy 1582 E Main St — 482-5220 , Family) seemed to have die same type of program.\ It is Holy Family's similar program- ming, including computer and music clas- ses, that may alleviate some of the fears school parents have of transferring their children from Good Counsel, according to Susan Schmidt, president of Good Coun- sel's school board. Referring to the open house at Holy Family, Schmidt remarked: \I diink it was a positive experience for most people. I don't think they expected to come away feeling as good as mey did.\ Schmidt noted that Holy Family was known to produce students who tested well, an attribute the school shares with Good Counsel. That Good Counsel parents generally reacted positively to Holy Family was for- tunate, considering that they couldn't regis- ter at any other Catholic schools. Up until Wednesday, March 1, elementary schools throughout the diocese had been directed by Brother Brian Walsh, diocesan superin- tendent of schools, to refuse registration of K-5 students from \ood Counsel/Genesis for die 1989-90 school year. Genesis School Board President, Carol Zdatny, had explained mat the directive's purpose was to keep Good Counsel students widi their peers by sending them as a group to Holy Family. u Where students at Genesis will go was yet to have been resolved by Wednesday, March 1, according to Father Louis Sir- riani, pastor at Good Counsel. The diocese must ultimately decide to which school students will be transferred, although one site being considered is Blessed Sacrament Junior High at 546 Oxford St., according to Zdatny. i Bishop's commission delays recommendations By Rob Cullivan Staff tt/rjt&r ROCHESTER — The shape of the Cath- olic school system in northeastern Monroe County will remain unknown until late March at the earliest, according to William Pickett, chairman of the Commission on Reorganization of Catholic Schools. The commission has spent die month of February reviewing the Northeast Qua- drant Planning Board's proposal to reor- ganize and consolidate die school system in its area. The Northeast Quadrant Planning Board — one of nine groups charged with reorganizing Monroe County's Cadiolic School system — issued its reorganization proposal on Jan. 5. The proposal recom- mended die June, 1989, school closings of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Philip Neri in Rochester, and St. Salome in Iron- dequoit. Christ the King and St. James in Irondequoit, and Annunciation in Roches- ter were slated to close in June, 1990. The report also called for the estab- lishment by September, 1990, of a junior high school for die quadrant on die pre- mises of Bishop Kearney High School. Bishop Matthew H. Clark was scheduled to issue a final decision regarding die .northeast quadrant's reorganization by March 1, but Pickett said the commission would not submit its report to the bishop until it had had time to review the proposal further widi parish leaders. Leaders of some of the targeted parishes have ques- tioned some of me recommendations made by the Center for Governmental Research, the independent consultant that prepared the quadrant report. Leaders at Christ the King Parish, for example, have strongly objected to the rec- ommendation mat their school be closed. Confusion over the number of classrooms housed by the school may have led to its proposed closing. When Christ die King's officials origi- nally responded to die planning board's survey on die number of classrooms in each school, only the number of rooms currendy being used as classrooms was re- ported. The parish's representative, Robert Greis, claimed he was unaware mat die number could have included rooms that could be potentially used. Hence, Christ die King —which currentiy uses nine class- rooms, and has space for six more —has me necessary 15 classrooms needed to be considered for remaining open in any move to consolidate die quadrant's schools. The Northeast Quadrant Planning Bqard was scheduled to meet on Wednesday, March 1. Pickett said mat he and Father Michael Conboy, pastor of St. Margaret Mary in Rochester and a commissffn member, would be attending the meeting. On Thursday, March 2, die commission Was scheduled to meet to discuss fhe Northeast Quadrant Planning Board's fmal proposal. Following that meeting, the pro- posal, along with the commission's fec- ommendations, will go to Bishop Cl^rk, who will then make the final decision. I, Pickett noted mat if the planning boafl's representatives reached a consensus Re- garding the proposal, it was likely pie commission would do nothing to chafge me proposal before sending it to Bisfpp Clark for approval. | New scholarship created ROCHESTER - Cardinal Mooi|y High School will award a new, four-y^ur scholarship to a member of the school's ji- coming class of 1993. p The scholarship will be given each yefr in memory of David Marlin, a member *lf die class of 1967 who died in an auto ac&j- dent. Criteria for die award include: taki|g the entrance/placement examination, neel, character and academic eligibility. k For an application form or for more i|£ formation about die scholarship, call d^ school's • development office & 716/865-1000. . M INVITATION TO REPARATION MAKE THE FIVE 1st. Saturdays of Reparation Fr. Albert Shamon, Author, Lecturer, Columnist, invites you to listen to the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ on the following stations every Sunday. WAUB-1590 Au- burn, 12:30 p.m.; WSSW-99FM Seneca Falls, 6:15 p.m.; and WGVA-1240 Geneva, 7:45 a.m. Our Lady of Victory 210 Pleasant St., Downtown Rochester Rosary & Mass, 10 a.m. - Sacrament of Penance, 11:30 a.m. St. Alphonsus 95 East Genesee St., Auburn, N.Y. Sacrament of Penance, 9 a.m. - Rosary & Mass, 10 a.m. OR MAKE FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS ON YOUR OWN. Thursday, March 2, 1989
