"Board of Trustees"
Big News: International EC to Acquire MacDuffie School
In a surprising announcement last Thursday, International EC made public a deal in which the for-profit company has agreed to purchase MacDuffie School‘s operations (the acquisition doesn’t include the school’s Springfield, MA campus). MacDuffie’s operations will move to a new campus in Granby, MA where International EC had been building a new school, Granby Preparatory [...]
Read MoreGreat News for SPSG Families: Trustees Announce Lower Tuitions for 2011-2012
While outside of our normal boarding school purview, the actions and decisions of the trustees at St. Paul’s School for Girls (SPSG) regarding affordability and their implicit respect of their families provides a lesson to any of us in independent school management. SPSG trustees have lowered tuition and included the price of textbooks in the [...]
Read MoreNew York Military Academy Adopts A Plan to Stay Alive
Since we covered New York Military Academy‘s closing announcement this past April, alumni, parents and administrators have been working feverishly to keep the school alive. They’ve found a way. The plan looks eerily similar to bankruptcy reorganization plan. It sounds like it could work. Parents auxiliary president Michael Regan told the Times-Herald Record ($5.85M Private [...]
Read MoreCulver Concludes Greatest Fundraising Campaign in American Private School History
In our previous post, Culver alumnus Samuel Butler received accolades as the Wall Street Journal’s “Donor of the Day” for his work and contributions to Culver’s By Example Campaign. With its conclusion, the By Example Campaign is garnering accolades as the most successful fundraising effort in the history of American secondary schools. Culver raised more [...]
Read MoreNew York Military Academy Announces Closing: Supporters Rally to Save the School
Ugh, for the second time in two months plus a few days, an announcement of about a boarding school‘s closing came across the wires. Friday afternoon, the AP reported that New York Military Academy will close its doors at school year’s end. Founded in 1889 (making it one of the oldest military boarding schools in [...]
Read MoreA Canadian Boarding School Cousin to Close
Sedbergh School filed the Canadian equivalent of a US chapter 7 bankruptcy, a “notice of intention,” which will allow the school to complete the current school year followed by an orderly unwinding of affairs and settling of its debt burden. It’s very sad news. I spent time on Sedbergh’s campus this summer (I want to thank [...]
Read MoreThe Unsung Part of Westover School’s Green Cup Accomplishment
Westover School recently held a ribbon cutting for its newly installed 158.60 kW solar energy system. Motivated by Green Cup Challenge competition and a school-wide commitment to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, Westover’s consumption of grid electricity has declined by 37.5%. Creative financing- like many non-profits, Westover’s capital spending has come under pressure from [...]
Read MoreThe Webb School Announces New Head of School
After a nationwide search, narrowing a list of more than 30 excellent candidates to three, The Webb School (a co-ed, 6-12, boarding & day school in Bell Buckle, TN) Board of Trustees announced that Raymond S. Broadhead will become Webb’s 12th Head of School. Mr. Broadhead currently serves as the Head of The Elon School [...]
Read MoreChatham Hall Receives Largest Girls’ School Gift Ever
Chatham Hall announced today that the school received a $31 million gift from the estate of alumna Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen ’31 (The Nilsen Gift: Chatham Hall Receives Largest Gift in History of Girls’ Schools). Ms. Nilsen directed the funds be made part unrestricted endowment. Dora Thomas, Chair of the Chatham Hall Board of Trustees expressed [...]
Read MoreWhen Market Realities and Mission Conflict
You’re a seasoned admission director, new at your current school and enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. Within a year, you have established a marketing strategy that includes the usual glossy viewbook, flash presentations, E-Newsletters, bump mailings along with the requisite round of school fairs and informal receptions. By the third year, application numbers have improved [...]
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