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The Journal News

Written by
Gary Stern

NEW ROCHELLE — Iona Preparatory School is acquiring Iona Grammar School from the Christian Brothers order, which is in bankruptcy after years of being hit with sexual-abuse lawsuits.

The two schools will be merged and called Iona Preparatory School at some point. There has long been a close relationship between the two New Rochelle schools, with Iona Grammar sending about half its graduates to Iona Prep.

Brother Thomas Leto, president of Iona Prep, will serve as president of the merged school.