Sad news. The announcement was made Friday. Mercy, with a slumping enrollment that has plunged to just 220, cannot continue due to severe financial issues. The all-female school, located on 19th Avenue near San Francisco State, opened in the early 1950s. Its closure, set for June, follows the shuttering of other all-girls SF Catholic high schools like Presentation, St. John's Ursuline, Star of the Sea, St. Rose and Cathedral, among others. There was a time in the 1980s when the Skippers featured a strong girls' hoops program. They played for a Division III state title in 1989. Those days are long-gone. Once Mercy shuts down, the City will have just two all-girls Catholic schools left: Immaculate Conception Academy and Convent of the Sacred Heart.
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