From staff reports
WHEELING — Families of Catholic school students, and of some former Catholic school students, in West Virginia will get an extra helping hand thanks to a $1.2 million investment from the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
Bishop Mark Brennan announced the investment Monday, which will help families enrolled in the diocese’s 24 Catholic schools around the state. It also will help those who had to leave Catholic school in the last year due to financial strains from the COVID-19 pandemic.
These qualifying families, regardless of religious affiliation, will receive $250 per child in grades PK-12 in the parochial school system to be used for tuition and fees during the 2021-2022 school year. This grant is in addition to any tuition assistance for which families are eligible, including the Diocesan Tuition Assistance Program for Catholic families; and funds granted at the local parish and school level.