Diocese Announces Plans for
New Catholic ‘Micro Academy’

FREEPORT--Administrators from the Catholic Diocese of Rockford and Aquin Catholic Schools announced today a new path forward for Catholic education in the Freeport area.

Diocesan and Aquin administrators have been working since September 2023 to analyze the ongoing challenges to providing quality Catholic education in the Freeport area. The primary issues today are the shrinking financial resources of the school amid the decline of population demographics in the Freeport area and dwindling student enrollment.

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