The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will be closing several schools at the end of the current school year. There are four local schools affected by the closures. Those schools are St. Anne School in Castle Shannon, St. Bernard School in Mt. Lebanon, St. Thomas More School in Bethel Park and Our Lady of Grace School in Scott Township. All four schools will merge into one unified school program with two sites. One site will be at St. Thomas More and the other site at St. Bernard. Bishop David Zubik acknowledged the sadness that comes with any merger or closing and praised the efforts of school leaders, parents and the parish communities that support the schools. Two other schools were permanently closed, St. Maria Goretti in Bloomfield and East Catholic School in Forest Hills.