BY KATHI STEARNS

Staff Writer

ATLANTA--Archbishop John F. Donoghue has announced the sites the archdiocese has selected for three future Catholic elementary schools scheduled to open in the fall of 1999 and two new Catholic high schools which are scheduled to open in the fall of 2000. An additional elementary school is also scheduled to open in the fall of 2000.

All of these schools will be built through the combined financing of tax-exempt bonds and archdiocesan capital campaign funding. Five of these sites are already owned or under contract by the archdiocese. Construction on three of the elementary schools is scheduled to begin by July 1998.

The schools and sites are:

• Our Lady of Victory Elementary School will be located in Tyrone (Fayette County) on Kirkley Road near the intersection of Senoia Road. The school will serve 250 students and open in the fall of 1999.
• Holy Redeemer Elementary School will be located in Alpharetta on Old Alabama Road near Haynes Bridge Road. The school will serve 500 students and is scheduled to open in the fall of 1999. Archdiocesan officials have stated that construction is contingent upon the approval of a special use permit. School construction will be impacted if approval is not granted by the governing body.
• Queen of Angels Elementary School will be located in west Roswell at the intersection of Highway 92 and Woodstock Road. The school will serve 500 students and is scheduled to open in the fall of 1999.
• Our Lady of Mercy High School will be located in Fayette County at the intersection of Highway 138 and Holyfield Highway. The high school will serve 400 students and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2000. The archdiocese currently has this site under contract. An agreement with the Fayette County Board of Commissioners has not been finalized. School construction will be impacted if approval is not granted by the governing body.
• Blessed Trinity High School will be located at the same west Roswell site as Queen of Angels Elementary School. The high school will serve 1,000 students and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2000.

The additional elementary school site has yet to be determined. Originally the archdiocese had hoped to build this school at a site on Post Oak Tritt Road in Cobb County. However, after further land studies it was determined that this parcel is not suitable for construction of a school. As a result archdiocesan officials are pursuing a new parcel of land in Cobb County for a grade school which is intended to serve parishioners at St. Ann, Marietta, Holy Family, Marietta, Transfiguration, Marietta, St. Thomas the Apostle, Smyrna, and St. Catherine of Siena, Kennesaw. The school will open in the fall of 2000. Archdiocesan officials have not finalized an enrollment figure for this proposed school.

The archdiocesan Department of Catholic Education is maintaining a contact list of interested families for each school. For information and to be added to this list, call (404) 888-7833.