Bishop Donald Kettler has convened a steering committee to design a single Catholic school system for the St. Cloud metro area and surrounding communities. The 12-member committee meets every other week to discuss various aspects of creating the new system. In order to keep the public apprised of its work and address general questions people may have, the group will provide regular updates in The Visitor and on the diocesan website (www.stclouddiocese.org; click on “St. Cloud-area Catholic schools initiative.”) The following is a brief summary of the committee’s March 20 meeting.
• Feedback since the last meeting included two emails with questions regarding the nature of the initiative and the steering committee’s composition. Committee representatives will respond with letters to the senders.
• Members started drafting a mission statement for the committee and began discussion about a mission statement and possible names for the school system.
• Committee representatives will be setting up meetings this spring with the boards of the schools involved to provide updates and answer questions.
Feedback and next meeting
• Questions or comments? Email: CatholicSchoolsSC@gmail.com.
• Next meeting: April 17.