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[quote=Anonymous]Jim Neill, Landon’s Head of School for the last 10 years, has announced that he will be leaving after the 25-26 school year.  No word on what he will do.  It’s obviously his idea, not the school’s. He has been a great success, completing a $50 million fundraising campaign, updating the school’s whole physical plant, doubling their (relatively small) endowment, and been widely admired and appreciated by the boys, their parents, and alumni.
He could well be the best headmaster the school has ever had - it’s probably Jim or Paul Banfield, the school’s founder almost 100 years ago.  He will be tough to replace.
I speak from the position of being both a Landon alum and a former parent.
What now remains to be done?
There was a time many years ago when Landon was widely regarded academically in the same league as St. Albans and Sidwell Friends with a college admissions record to match. I believe that I am correct in recalling a Landon class in the late 1950s that sent a full half of its graduating class to Yale or Princeton - and these were not athletic admits. It would be great if Landon could bring back some of that academic strength to go with other strengths they now have.
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