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(AUSTIN) — Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock today announced the first round of student awards for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program.

St. John Neumann Parish in Austin has experienced steady growth in young families in recent years, and that growth has helped inspire a new educational initiative. Light of Christ Catholic Montessori School will open on the parish campus in mid-August, offering a faith-centered Montessori environment designed to support the physical, social-emotional, and spiritual development of young children.

Classrooms. Gymnasiums. Libraries. Offices. These are all commonly found in schools everywhere, but two Catholic schools in the Diocese of Austin have recently added something new to their campuses: prayer spaces. Available for faculty, staff and students to use, these sacred spaces are proving quite popular.