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Austin Preparatory School Schola Praeparatoria Austin
Address
101 Willow Street Reading, Massachusetts 01867 United States
Coordinates	42°31′47″N 71°7′37″W / 42.52972°N 71.12694°W / 42.52972; -71.12694
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Unitas,Veritas,Caritas (To inspire hearts to unite, minds to inquire and hands to serve)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Saint Augustine
Established	1961
Headmaster	James Hickey
Faculty	60
Grades	6–12
Enrollment	750 (2020)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green, White and Black
Athletics conference	Catholic Central League (through Spring 2022); NEPSAC Independent (Fall 2022)
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Cougars
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Publication	Tolle Lege (literary/art magazine)
Newspaper	The Legend
Tuition	$26,700 (2022-23)
Website	www.austinprep.org

Austin Preparatory School, known as Austin Prep, is a co-educational Catholic school for students in grades 6 to 12 located in Reading, Massachusetts within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1961.

History

The Augustinian Order has reached financial settlements with over twenty sexual-abuse victims of Robert Turnbull, OSA, an Augustinian priest who taught math at Austin Prep from 1965–81. At least eight of the victims were Austin Prep students at the time of the assaults. Robert Turnbull died in 2000.

Sports

On January 20, 2022, the school announced that it would leave the Catholic Central League and Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to join the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council starting in the fall of 2022. The school will begin NEPSAC competition as an independent.

Notable alumni

• Thomas Birmingham, former Massachusetts Senate President
• Tom Fitzgerald '86, general manager and executive Vice President of the New Jersey Devils and former NHL player
• James M. Lindsay '77, senior vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations
• Blaise MacDonald '81, current head hockey coach at Colby College
• Brian Shannon '86, author and technical analyst
• Paul Sullivan '75, radio talk show host at WBZ until his death in 2007

Notes and references

1. "Affording and Austin Prep Education"
2. NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
3. "Father Turnballs and the Dark Past of Austin Prep." By David Rigby. Available at: robertturnbullosa.com
4. "Austin Prep to Join the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council". Austin Prep. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.

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