AREA HIGH SCHOOLS TO MERGE

TWO AREA HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SIOUX CITY CATHOLIC DIOCESE HAVE DECIDED TO MERGE. OFFICIALS FROM LE MARS GEHLEN AND SPALDING CATHOLIC MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT A JOINT MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT:



THAT'S SPALDING CATHOLIC BOARD PRESIDENT JEANNE JUNGERS WHO MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WITH GEHLEN BOARD PRESIDENT BRIAN KOLBECK.



THE MERGED CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE KNOWN AS GEHLEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND BE LOCATED IN LE MARS.

72 STUDENTS BETWEEN 8TH AND 11TH GRADE CURRENTLY ATTEND SPALDING CATHOLIC. BOARD MEMBERS SAY THAT 70 PER CENT OF THOSE STUDENT'S PARENTS SAID THEY WOULD TRANSPORT THEIR CHILDREN TO GEHLEN TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL.

SPALDING CATHOLIC WILL HAVE THREE REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FROM EACH PARISH, AS MEMBERS OF THE NEW GEHLEN SCHOOL BOARD.

From Dennis Morrice KLEM