The loyalist protest at the Holy Cross school in north Belfast is expected to resume today.
Father Aidan Troy of the school has said he fears all involved in the Ardoyne road dispute were "settling down for the long haul".
He said he was "disappointed" that despite events in the US there was still no cause for optimism of an imminent resolution.
The dispute surrounding the school, which is located in a loyalist area, enters its third week today with Protestant residents continuing to insist their grievances must be addressed while Catholic parents say they must use the main school entrance. "To go on the way we are going after what has happened is very sad," Father Troy said yesterday.
He said the walk to school for Catholic parents and children through a security corridor as loyalists protest had taken on "its own normality".
"I think the world has changed now; we can't take for granted what we did before. It's a glorious opportunity for us to say to the US: `We were shocked and here is what we did'."
Mr Billy Hutchinson of the Progressive Unionist Party yesterday believed the protest by the residents of Glenbryn would continue today.
He said residents were involved in a series of workshops among themselves over the weekend. This could pave the way for direct talks between the two communities later this week. "But nothing has happened as yet," he added.