Conwell-Egan
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Conwell-Egan Catholic High School is a coeducation
al Catholic high school
in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
.
, a Roman Catholic high school was constructed to educate local teenagers. To accommodate Levittown's fast-growing population in the fifties and sixties, the school was eventually split. The girls stayed in the original building, attending Bishop Conwell High School. A new, much larger building was built to school the boys and was named Bishop Egan High School. Over the years, students from other areas began being bused to the schools as well. However, with decreasing enrollment and increasing tuition, the two schools merged once again in 1993 and became known as Conwell-Egan Catholic High School (CEC). The present day school is located in the former Bishop Egan building. The former Bishop Conwell building was demolished after standing empty for several years.
In March 2011, the student enrollment had dwindled to just 689 students, half of the population in 1996. When asked about a possible closure of the school, school Superintendent Mary Rochford remarked that "anything below 500 students makes it "difficult" to continue" Rochford speculated that the main reason for the decline was the Bucks County's public schools "were already pretty good".
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al Catholic high school
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Fairless Hills is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,466 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. The diocese was...
.
History
In the early years of LevittownLevittown, Pennsylvania
Levittown is a census-designated place and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population was 52,983 at the 2010 census. It is above sea level...
, a Roman Catholic high school was constructed to educate local teenagers. To accommodate Levittown's fast-growing population in the fifties and sixties, the school was eventually split. The girls stayed in the original building, attending Bishop Conwell High School. A new, much larger building was built to school the boys and was named Bishop Egan High School. Over the years, students from other areas began being bused to the schools as well. However, with decreasing enrollment and increasing tuition, the two schools merged once again in 1993 and became known as Conwell-Egan Catholic High School (CEC). The present day school is located in the former Bishop Egan building. The former Bishop Conwell building was demolished after standing empty for several years.
In March 2011, the student enrollment had dwindled to just 689 students, half of the population in 1996. When asked about a possible closure of the school, school Superintendent Mary Rochford remarked that "anything below 500 students makes it "difficult" to continue" Rochford speculated that the main reason for the decline was the Bucks County's public schools "were already pretty good".
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