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12 Hudson Valley Catholic schools await fate today

St. Augustine School in New City is among

Photo credit: Faye Murman | St. Augustine School in New City is among 12 area Catholic schools that might close at the end of the school year. (Nov. 27, 2012)

In the past six weeks, supporters of St. Augustine's Catholic school in New City have raised nearly $900,000 in private donations and come up with a list of proposed spending cuts aimed at improving its bottom line.

But that might not be enough to prevent the school from being shuttered.

"Fundraising is great but it doesn't deal with the root of the problem," said Fran Davies, a spokeswoman...

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