Here’s my story from today’s front page:

Dallas Catholic school students will get a day off Feb. 7 – and not for an early Ash Wednesday.

Schools will shut down so students and teachers can go to Austin for a rally in favor of school vouchers, which use public dollars to send students to private and religious schools. Other Catholic schools around the state are joining the effort.

The move is a sign that new leaders in the Catholic Church — which would probably be the biggest beneficiary of any voucher program — plan to be much more active in lobbying the Legislature than in previous years.

“There are a couple new archbishops,” said Charles LeBlanc, the Dallas Diocese’s director of schools. “We have a new director of the Texas Catholic Conference. And I’m impressed with the energy.”

I’d also like to point out that Charles LeBlanc used to be the principal at the Catholic high school about seven miles from where I grew up (and where I almost went). And that by quoting both Charles and (the unrelated) Nicole LeBlanc in this story, I have ensured that there are three Cajuns involved in this particular piece of prose.

I’m telling you: We’re taking over.

20 December 2006

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