The Cardinal Gibbons School, an academic and athletic powerhouse in Baltimore for decades, will close at the end of the academic year, according to an announcement on a Facebook page devoted to the school.

"At the end of this academic year, the Cardinal Gibbons School will close it's [sic] doors," the posting read. "As part of the consolidation of the Catholic School System, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has chosen CG as one of the schools to close. James Cardinal Gibbons, pray for us. Live Jesus in our hearts, forever."

Archdiocesan officials met with principals Wednesday morning to detail a reorganization plan expected to include several school closings. Students are being sent home with letters describing the fates of their schools.

Gibbons, which opened in 1962, has been suffering declining enrollments and increasing costs for much of the past decade. It was built on the former site of St. Mary's Industrial School, which Babe Ruth attended.