Jennifer Lopez has just lately prolonged assist to college students and group members in an effort to avoid wasting her highschool alma mater from closing.
On April 14, the Marry Me star took to her Instagram Story and wrote a heartfelt message of assist for her alma mater, Preston Excessive College within the Bronx, N.Y., which is ready to shut its doorways on the finish of the varsity yr.
“As a proud alumna of Preston Excessive College, I’m deeply moved to see the scholars, households, and native officers making their voices heard throughout this difficult time. I see and listen to you,” stated the 55-year-old.
The Maid in Manhattan actress additionally posted two throwback images. The primary one confirmed her carrying a jacket with the varsity’s emblem, whereas one other confirmed her operating observe.
JLo said, “The assist from the group is really inspiring, and I hope they’ll discover a path ahead that honors the varsity’s legacy. #PrestonForever.”
The singer and actress reportedly graduated from all-girls Preston Excessive College in 1987, per The New York Occasions.
Earlier in February, it was introduced that the varsity was going to shut its doorways.
In a letter by the Preston Excessive College Board of Trustees, it stated that the varsity was “shutting down attributable to altering demographics, monetary instability and decrease enrollment which has decreased by 30% prior to now 13 years”.
“We should reiterate that the choice to shut is remaining,” continued the letter.
It learn, “The management of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion [the owners of the school] assist this choice. We is not going to be entertaining any circumstances that may alter this reality.”
“We don’t need to foster false hope that the continuing ‘save the varsity’ makes an attempt will reverse the closing of the varsity,” it talked about.
