Three members of Cathedral’s Class of 2016 have posted a petition online urging that the school, heavily damaged by a tornado in 2011, be rebuilt on the Surrey Road site.

The school has been operating at a former elementary school in Wilbraham since the tornado and officials of the Diocese of Springfield have not announced final plans for the school. More than 1,000 persons have already signed the petition.

While this blog is intended to remember the Cathedral High School of 50 years ago and to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1964, we can’t ignore the present state of the school, especially at such a critical time. For those of you close to the situation, what are the issues? Do you think the school should be rebuilt on the Surrey Road property? Or re-imagined and relocated?