The
Academy of the Pacific, a small private school in Alewa Heights, is
shutting down due to financial struggles, the school’s board chairman
announced today.
“Due to
declining enrollment and increased financial pressures on families
leading to greater need for tuition assistance, the school can no longer
financially sustain itself nor continue to offer our students the very
best in 21st century education,” Board Chairman Barron Guss said in a
statement.
The
nondenominational school, which served about 100 students in grades 6
through 12, was established to serve “creative and outside-the-box
learners,” according to the school’s website. It charged tuition of
$17,700.
While
Guss said the board would “explore a variety of future possibilities,” a
letter posted on the school’s website says the campus will
“indefinitely cease academic operations” effective for the upcoming
2013-14 school year.
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