 However, the Catholic Education office in Toowoomba announced in April 2015 that it would be closing St Mary's School in Taroom on 26 June 2015.The closure of St Mary's means St John's School in Roma and St Joseph's School in Chinchilla are now the closest Catholic schools to Taroom.The principal of St Mary's said he was not allowed to publicly comment about the matter but the executive director of Catholic Education in Toowoomba said in a statement the decision to close the school was made with "careful consideration".