D.C. Diocese Will Open 1st New School Since '51 ; Facility for Low-Income Students

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington plans to open next year its first new high school in 55 years as part of an effort to serve low-income families and an influx of immigrants in the metropolitan area.

"This is who we're targeting the school for," said Patricia Weitzel-O'Neill, superintendent of schools for the archdiocese. "These are the very same people who very much want their children to have a Catholic education at the high school level."

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D.C. Diocese Will Open 1st New School Since '51 ; Facility for Low-Income Students

Cristo Rey High School is slated to open in fall 2007 at the renovated site of Our Lady of Sorrows School, a parish elementary...

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