Private school calls for community help to avoid being shut down
Christ Episcopal School aims to raise $800,000 by end of January By Rose Horowitch |
January 15, 2021 | 11:02 am
Christ Episcopal School is trying to raise $800,000 in December and January, or risk having to close in June.
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Christ Episcopal School in Rockville, on the brink of being shut down, has launched an ambitious fundraising campaign to make up for pandemic-related losses.
The school is trying to raise $800,000 in December and January, or risk having to close in June, Acting Head of School Nicole Stone said.
Enrollment is now at 107 students, up from 101 in December. Christ Episcopal School is trying to recruit to get its enrollment to 150 students.
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The race is on to raise enough money to save Christ Episcopal School, on the verge of closure because of a deficit largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - The race is on to raise enough money to save Christ Episcopal School, on the verge of closure because of a deficit largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acting Head of School Nicole Stone says the church, which operates the school, plans to close it in June if it can t raise $800,000 by the end of January. Stone says in the last week the school has picked up $65,000 in pledges.