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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The change a Prep is not with just football, but athletics, in general.  With the hiring of Scott Urick, a whose family name remains prominent in the lacrosse world, lacrosse will remain strong.  The football program is starting to gain traction again after a couple of mediocre years.  Expect basketball to follow.  The other sports, baseball, golf, swimming, wrestling have remained strong.  By the way, they just received a $20 Mil. anonymous donation to start their new capital campaign.[/quote]
The 20 million is for renovation and improvement of the dorms for the boarders specifically, not a capital campaign.[/quote]

TWENTY MILLION dollars of dorm renovation and improvement for rooms for 60 or 80 kids?

I'm guessing you are not in the Construction business. That's a lot of money.

Unless the Prep strategy is to increase the percentage of boarders as a % of the 500 total students and they want to add rooms, bathrooms, etc.[/quote]

I don't know the Prep details, but don't forget that now generally capital campaigns are designed to raise enough money to cover ongoing maintenance.  Furthermore, the term "renovation and improvements" is super broad -- it could be a total re-gutting of existing buildings with only the outside shell left.  Lastly, look at the price tags for other school buildings around town.  $20 million does not sound like an outlier, actually.[/quote]

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