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[quote=Anonymous]Dennis Bisgaard wasn't responsible for the fraud Chris Whittle committed on families, staff, funders and his lenders. Chris Whittle, (and later HOS Manny Rivera) lied to everyone about the state of funding while begging for tuition money, while not disclosing they were sued for failure to pay hundreds of millions,  and while taking gigantic ( think $50M-see Golden Eagle/Pure East  NY cases)  loans personally,  skimming big dollars for himself off the top. The mind boggling failure of Nick Anderson of the Washington Post to see it for what it was is another conversation, but the bottom line is that Dennis was loved by many and did his best in a blurry situation.

What was atrocious to many-- is worth considering if you are thinking of going to Maret, which is that the Bisgaard family exercised poor judgement when the stress hit the school. The wife participated in and led many efforts to reorganize the financing as part of a somewhat secret committee with privileged access--imploring others to donate cash while she had eyes on the red-ink financials, and while her husband was making plans to take on a competing school. That conflict of interest was glaring and worthy of recusal and does suggest the Board of Maret didn't completely understand how they, as a couple, operate. They were very much a duo of a presence at Whittle and at Kingswood Oxford. They appeared to have made a deal for their own kid to finish at Whittle, receiving aid while driving a Mercedes around, which irritated many. It doesn't mean Dennis can't run a school properly--he has plenty of credentials in that arena--it does suggest that when under duress, he might not make clear eyed professional decisions. His wife was over her head in unprofessional ways during the final chapters at Whittle, despite what were likely sincere efforts to assist unpaid teachers. [/quote]

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