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George Fox Friends School in Pennsylvania has closed

George Fox Friends School in Cochranville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, has closed due to poor enrolment levels and a shortage of funding.

Business manager Janet Eaby told local publication Lancaster Online that the economy, competition and the ongoing maintenance needs of the school building had all played a part in the decision to close the school, which opened in 1995.

‘Our dream was to keep this school with Quaker values and education. It’s been a wonderful twenty years. We’ve touched a lot of children and exposed them to Quaker values. Hopefully those values will carry them through their lives,’ she said.

The school is selling its building and ten acres of land to cover its mortgage. Any remaining funds are expected to be donated to the Friends Council on Education (FCE). George Fox Friends School was one of seventy-six FCE member schools.

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