Jolie Health and Beauty Academy will close its locations in Hazleton on July 30 and in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 9, the school announced on its website.
Its other locations in Cherry Hill, Turnersville and Northfield, New Jersey, also will close on July 30, according to the announcement.
Jolie Academy officials would not say why the schools are closing, but referred to the announcement on the school’s website which encourages students to contact their campus directors if they need access to their files. The announcement also states that more information about the closure will be posted in upcoming weeks.
According to its website, Jolie Academy was founded in 1976 and has prepared students for careers including cosmetologists, skin care specialists, barbers, manicurists or cosmetology teachers.
The closure announcement comes after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the cosmetology industry substantially.
The Jolie Academy follows some other cosmetology schools throughout the U.S. that have announced they closed permanently due to the impacts from the pandemic while others have been struggling to stay afloat, according to national reports.
Cosmetology schools throughout the U.S. were restricted from holding in-person education for months in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
According to the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, the schools later reopened following restrictions including smaller class sizes, social distancing, limited services and a reduced number of clients.
TC Wolfe, a spokesman for the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, said cosmetology schools only received the first stimulus package and did not receive the same amount of funding assistance that other educational institutions received.
He said the Pennsylvania Association of Cosmetology Schools has been working to help transition cosmetology students from Jolie Academy into Empire Beauty School so they can complete their education.
Empire Beauty School locations in Moosic, Pottsville and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, are welcoming students from Jolie Academy when August classes start, said Kyle Schoeneman, spokesman for Empire Beauty School.
Cathy Koluch, a board member of the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, said cosmetology schools, which are small businesses, have remained committed to students while in-person education was shut down with offerings like virtual training and later a hybrid model.
The efforts that cosmetology schools took on to adapt during the pandemic have been “nothing short of miraculous,” she said.
“We’re massively committed to the success of students and wanted to make sure we continued in the best way possible,” she said. “I applaud the teachers who continued to inspire students so they didn’t give up during horrible times.”
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