It looks like Ventura County might get a new high school. And a venerable establishment is changing hands. Both stories are being reported right now but should be ready for Page One tomorrow.

First, we are told that there is a deal to buy land in Thousand Oaks along Olsen Road to build a coed Catholic high school. Education reporter Jean Moore (jcmoore@VenturaCountyStar.com) is chasing this story for us. Jean will have the basics and, at our budget meeting this morning we also wondered about the impact on other Catholic schools, such as La Reina, the all-girls school in Thousand Oaks, and Santa Clara, the Oxnard school with a declining enrollment. And we wondered about whether this signals a growing move to private education in light of the continuing funding fights over public education in California.

The second change is the sale of the Pierpont Inn in Ventura. The family that has owned it is apparently selling to a management group out of San Luis Obispo. Business writer Jim McLain (jmclain@VenturaCountyStar.com) will have the story, which will also trace some of the history of this hotel institution.

Protests continue today at Oxnard College over the budget cuts. Education reporter John Scheibe (jscheibe@VenturaCountyStar.com) will cover that as well as planned student walk-outs next week. He's also looking at reports of growing dissatisfaction on the Oxnard campus with President Lydia Ledesma Reese.

The story about the beach cleanup (or non-cleanup) in Ventura that was held yesterday is available again today. And government writer Charles Levin (clevin@VenturaCountyStar.com) will advance the housing conference planned for later this month. The Road Ahead is sponsored by The Star.

The only wire story at this time that we're looking at for Page One is the shooting in Atlanta where a rape suspect grabbed a deputies gun in a courtroom and shot and killed the judge. At least two others died; the man remains on the loose.