The school is tentatively slated for 122 acres owned by theCatholic Cemeteries of the Disocese of Oakland, on North FirstStreet at Interstate 580. The diocese has been kicking around theidea of building a high school in Livermore since 1996, when itfirst commissioned a survey on the subject. The latest surveys wererecently sent to parishioners in Danville, Pleasanton, Dublin andLivermore to find out if the support that was voiced four years agostill exists.

Nationwide, Catholic school enrollment has surged by more than64,000 students over the past decade, according to the NationalCatholic Educational Association. In the East Bay, where thegeneral population continues to boom, the diocese expects to see100,000 new Catholics by 2015.

The Livermore high school is tentatively planned on North FirstStreet at Interstate 580, on 122 acres owned by Catholic Cemeteriesof the Diocese of Oakland. The Rev. Dan Danielson said the demandfor a Livermore Catholic high school is most likely there, but themoney to build it may not be. "I would maintain that unless youhave some really big donors in the multimillion-dollar category,this (school) is not going to happen," said Danielson, pastor atSt. Augustine Catholic Church in Pleasanton.