Editing Spring, Texas (section)

=====Northwoods Catholic School=====
Northwoods Catholic School, a private Catholic school in the Spring area, was off the intersection of [[Farm to Market Road 2920]] and Gosling Road,<ref name=Olabi>{{cite web|author=Olabi, Nora|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring/news/article/Catholic-school-in-Spring-plans-to-close-this-7399041.php|title=Catholic school in Spring plans to close this month|publisher=[[The Spring Observer]] at the [[Houston Chronicle]]|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> in a {{convert|51|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus.<ref name=HodgesNorthwoods2ndfloor>{{cite web|author=Hodges, Lauren|url=http://www.yourconroenews.com/news/article/Northwoods-Catholic-School-adds-new-space-9268514.php|title=Northwoods Catholic School adds new space|publisher=[[The Montgomery County Courier]]|date=August 14, 2010|access-date=March 25, 2017}} - [http://www.regnumchristi.org/english/articulos/articulo.phtml?se=364&ca=119&te=782&id=30621 Version at] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202624/http://www.regnumchristi.org/english/articulos/articulo.phtml?se=364&ca=119&te=782&id=30621 |date=March 25, 2017 }} the [[Regnum Christi]] website.</ref> It used a curriculum from the [[Legionaries of Christ]]. Established {{Circa|1999}}<!--17 years from 2016-->, it was not affiliated with the [[Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]].<ref name=Olabi/> It initially had 13 students,<ref name=HodgesNorthwoods2ndfloor/> and was in a facility in the Ponderosa Forest neighborhood,<ref name=Twolead>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring-news/article/Northwoods-Catholic-School-appoints-2-to-1563250.php|title=Northwoods Catholic School appoints 2 to leadership roles|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=February 27, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> an apartment clubhouse temporarily used as a school.<ref name=SendejasCathschoolenrollclimb>{{cite news|author=Sendejas, Jesse|url=http://www.chron.com/news/article/Catholic-school-sees-enrollment-climb-over-years-2121862.php|title=Catholic school sees enrollment climb over years|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=April 3, 2003|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>

In 2003 it had 200 students. By that year its permanent facility opened; it had a price tag of $6 million.<ref name=SendejasCathschoolenrollclimb/> In 2004 it had 250 students.<ref>{{cite news|author=Meeks, Flori|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring-news/article/Relics-can-be-viewed-at-Northwoods-Catholic-1668347.php|title=Relics can be viewed at Northwoods Catholic|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=November 24, 2004|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> In 2005 academic dean Susan Horne became the principal, and the previous principal, Joe Noonan, became Northwood's executive director.<ref name=Twolead/> In 2010 it had about 230 students, with about 40% of them originating from [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]]. The building's first floor had {{convert|44000|sqft|sqm}} of space. Its {{convert|22000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} second floor, with offices, computer and science labs, and a library,<ref name=HodgesNorthwoods2ndfloor/> was blessed on August 13, 2010, and opened on August 18. It was built in three months.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hodges, Lauren|url=http://www.chron.com/life/health/article/Northwoods-Catholic-School-expands-9425527.php|title=Northwoods Catholic School expands|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=August 12, 2010|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>

In the 2015–16 school year, the school's final year of operation, it had 268 students; it was projected to have 160 for the following year. The school announced on May 4, 2016, that it was closing because of a shrinking budget and declining enrollment.<ref name=Olabi/> It closed on June 30, 2016.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161104061939/http://www.northwoodscatholic.org/ Home]. Northwoods Catholic School. Retrieved March 25, 2017.</ref> An area developer who was buying land from the school got into a legal dispute with the landowner and a Catholic priest.<ref name=Olabi/><ref>{{cite news|author=Flynn, Meagan|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/lawsuit-claims-catholic-school-priest-tried-to-extort-94k-from-local-developer-8214812|title=Lawsuit Claims Catholic School Priest Tried to Extort $94K From Local Developer|newspaper=[[Houston Press]]|date=April 6, 2016|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Olabi, Nora|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring/news/article/Trial-set-for-Catholic-nonprofit-developer-over-7954858.php|title=Trial set for Catholic nonprofit, developer over land dispute|publisher=[[The Spring Observer]] at the [[Houston Chronicle]]|date=May 31, 2016|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>