Bristol School to Merge with St. Ephrem

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is planning to merge St. Mark school, Bristol, with , Bensalem, at the Bensalem site.

A 16-member blue ribbon panel has selected four high schools and 44 elementary schools that will be closed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.

In addition to St. Ephrem, these other Bucks County mergers and closures were announced:

• St. Michael the Archangel, Levittown, merges with Our Lady of Grace, Penndel at the Penndel site.
• Assumption BVM, Feasterville, merges with St. Bede the Venerable, Holland, at the Holland site.
• Holy Trinity, Morrisville, merges with St. John the Evangelist, Lower Makefield, at the Lower Makefield site.
• St. John the Baptist, Ottsville, merges with St. Isidore, Quakertown, at the Quakertown site.
• Conwell Egan HS closes outright

In February 2011, the parish school in Bensalem and six others in the region closed were marked for closure last June.

Click here for a full list of school closures and mergers courtesy of NBC10.