Editing Morgantown, West Virginia (section)

===Private schools===
A [[Catholic school|Roman Catholic]] [[elementary school]], [[Saint Francis de Sales]], began sometime prior to 1915 as a two-room school in a house on McLane Avenue in the Seneca neighborhood, and run by lay teacher Miss Sterbutsal, who became Sister M. Isabelle of the Sisters of St. Joseph. In October 1915, the [[pastorate]] of Father Peter Flynn arranged for [[Ursuline Nuns of the Immaculate Conception|Ursuline]] nuns from [[Louisville, Kentucky]], and in 1918, under principal Sister M. Isadore, the school moved to a new building on Beechurst Avenue, adjacent to [[St. Theresa]]'s Church. On June 9, 1990, the grade school moved into the former St. Francis Central High School building,<ref name=desales-history>{{cite news|url=http://falcon.sfcc.pvt.k12.wv.us/history.shtm | title=History|  publisher= St Francis de Sales Central Catholic School| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070606080033/http://falcon.sfcc.pvt.k12.wv.us/history.shtm|archive-date = June 6, 2007}}</ref> and eventually into newly built facility at 41 Guthrie Lane.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103513/http://morgantowntimes.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18 ''Morgantown Times'': "St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School Dedication: Bishop Michael Bransfield to Bless New Building"] (press release, no date)</ref> Its mascot is the Trojan.<ref name=desales-history />

St. Francis Central High School existed for several decades on Birch Street in the Evansdale neighborhood until that campus was taken over by the elementary school on June 9, 1990.<ref name=desales-history /> The West Virginia University Foundation purchased its building and land in July 2003, formally selling it to WVU for $11 million in August 2004, with the university then announcing it intended to use the football and adjacent baseball fields as [[intramural sports|intramural]] recreation area.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080616123845/http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/news/page/4232/ WVU Today: (Sept. 2, 2004): "WVU board authorizes salary increase package, facility plans"] (press release)</ref>

Other private schools include: Morgantown Christian Academy, Maranatha Christian Academy, Covenant Christian School, [[Trinity Christian School (Morgantown, West Virginia)|Trinity Christian School]], St. Francis Elementary/Middle School, and the alternative, non-religious Morgantown Learning Academy.