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$50M Needed to Build Catholic High School

LIVERMORE, CA-The Diocese of Oakland is considering locating its 10th Catholic high school here, but the decision hangs on whether funds can be raised for the proposed 122-acre campus.

By Allison Landa | Updated on November 24, 2000

LIVERMORE, CA-Two studies due back in January should determine the fate of a proposed Catholic high school that the Diocese of Oakland says it wants to locate here. The studies will determine the feasibility of raising $50 million for construction. The Diocese is also studying whether there will be enough potential students to make construction worthwhile.

The school is tentatively slated for 122 acres owned by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Disocese of Oakland, on North First Street at Interstate 580. The diocese has been kicking around the idea of building a high school in Livermore since 1996, when it first commissioned a survey on the subject. The latest surveys were recently sent to parishioners in Danville, Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore to find out if the support that was voiced four years ago still exists.

Nationwide, Catholic school enrollment has surged by more than 64,000 students over the past decade, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. In the East Bay, where the general population continues to boom, the diocese expects to see 100,000 new Catholics by 2015.

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