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Trustees ousted from historic Academy of the Holy Names

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The religious order that founded the Academy of the Holy Names removed the historic South Tampa school's board of trustees Wednesday afternoon and formed a new interim board.

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By JAMIE PILARCZYK

Published: July 1, 2009

Updated: 07/01/2009 03:24 pm

TAMPA - The religious order that founded the Academy of the Holy Names removed the historic South Tampa school's board of trustees this afternoon and formed a new interim board.

"The Interim Board will begin immediately to identify lay collaborators from the Academy Community to form a new Board of Trustees within the Academic year," the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary said in a statement. "Current trustees were notified that the present Academy Board of Trustees and its committees are dissolved effective July 1."

The statement gave no details on the reason for the change in leadership.

New board members include Holy Names Sisters Emma Bézaire, Elizabeth Crean, Jo'Ann De Quattro, Virginia Dunn, Maria Faina, Mary Ellen Holohan and Judith Mayer.

Previous trustees included Hillsborough County Commissioner Rose Ferlita and former Tampa City Councilman Bob Buckhorn, among other religious and lay members.

The academy, founded in 1881, has about 800 students in its coed elementary division and its girls-only high school.

The Roman Catholic order was founded in Quebec in 1843 and is headquartered in Oregon.

Reporter Jamie Pilarczyk can be reached at (813) 259-7661.

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