East Syracuse, N.Y. -- Bishop Grimes is closing and consolidating into one school at Bishop Ludden in Geddes, Roman Catholic Diocese officials said this afternoon in a letter. The letter went out to faculty, parents, staff and students. The district said the decision was “not made lightly.”

More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a recent hearing in the case against Bryan Kohberger – the man accused of stabbing four students to death in an off-campus home.

The Diocese said late Thursday that it will consolidate the campuses of Bishop Grimes and Bishop Ludden into a unified Catholic high school, a new system that will be in place for the 2025/26 school year. The Diocese called it a "difficult decision" made as the Catholic School system faces financial challenges.

Update: The Diocese has announced that Bishop Grimes will close and will merge with another Central New York Catholic school. The original story is below: ------ Parents of Bishop Grimes High School are fearful that the school may close.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse has confirmed the rumored closure of Bishop Grimes Junior-Senior High School in a letter sent to the community Thursday afternoon. NewsChannel 9 was the first to report the school’s uncertain future,