Thursday, March 26, 2015

In the News ... "Catholic high school could open in fall 2018"

MRT Photo by Tim Fischer
• Board seeks nonprofit status for Permian Basin facility

By Steve Kuhlman, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - While the recently announced Permian Basin Catholic high school has received official approval from San Angelo Bishop Michael Sis, parents will have to wait a few more years before they can send their teens to the yet-to-be named school.

Organizers hope to open the school’s doors in the fall of 2018, according to a press release sent out by the Diocese of San Angelo on Monday. Still in the early stages of the process, one of the first steps will be for the school's board — which will include Sis — to apply for nonprofit status with the state.

“A Catholic high school in the Permian Basin has the potential of forming committed Catholic leaders for the future of our society and our church,” Sis said Monday in a phone interview. “It will require much dedication and cooperation among the Catholics in the area to start and operate this school, but I believe we can do it with God's help" ...


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