St. Margaret’s boarding school for girls is at risk of shutting its doors after years of shrinking enrollment and a widening operating deficit. A parent of a student at the school has filed a lawsuit against the school’s owner in an effort to prevent the school from closing.
The owner, a Henrico County-based nonprofit called Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia, or CSDV, told the school community this month that St. Margaret’s future is at risk. Unless more students enroll and donors follow through with their pledges, the school won’t open in the fall.
The St. Margaret’s parent, filed the suit, saying the owner acted too quickly by announcing the school’s struggles, which threatens St. Margaret’s ability to raise funds.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
