WHEELING, W.Va. – Twenty-four Catholic schools and families across the state will benefit from a $1.2 million investment from the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
The investment will be given to currently enrolled families or those who have had to leave Catholic school over the last year due to the financial strains of the pandemic.
Qualifying families will receive $250 per child in grades PK through 12 in the parochial school system, regardless of religious affiliation. It will be allocated to tuition and fees for the 2021-22 school year.
Diocese officials say this grant is in addition to any other tuition assistance program like the Diocesan Tuition Assistance Program for Catholic families and funds granted at the local school level.
“We have seen a number of families who were forced to leave our schools for financial reasons or because their parents lost employment because of the pandemic. We want to welcome them back, as well as say thank you to those families who sacrificed much to provide a Catholic education to their children during these trying times.” said Most Rev. Mark Brennan.
Superintendent Mary Ann Deschaine, Ed.S., said,” The past 12 months have been both unpredictable and challenging on our families, schools, parishes, and communities. While we have all had to make sacrifices, we have also defined priorities. Needless to say, ours was the academic, social, emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental well-being of our students.”
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