[3] During its 86 years, the small school was long noted for its successful athletics program as well as personalized secondary-level education.

The high school was renowned for its successful basketball program,[4] producing a number of NBA players, including Gene Shue, Carmelo Anthony and Donté Greene.

[5] The resulting budget deficit of $650,000 projected for the following year necessitated the school's closure, an Archdiocesan spokesman told the Baltimore Sun.

[6] At the announcement of the venerable school's closing, alumni said its students "got a solid education and learned to appreciate classical musicals as well as a good game of basketball".

[2] The news sparked a large demonstration by placard-wielding parents, students, and alumni in front of the school the next day protesting its closing, prompting a front-page headline story, "Anger in Towson", in the Baltimore Sun.