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Community protests closure of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys; operator cites funding holdbacks and appeals to state
Summary
Parents, community leaders and the school’s CEO told a council committee that the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys was recommended for nonrenewal after what they described as withheld district funds and pre‑vote notices that depressed enrollment; the district pointed to pending litigation and declined to discuss the funding formula in public.
Edwin Avant, chief executive of the 5 Smooth Stones Foundation and the operator of the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, told the City Council Education Committee that his school was voted for closure at the end of the school year and that a sequence of district actions and a change in the funding holdback damaged enrollment and finances.
Avant said he met with district officials in early January about a purported change in the holdback percentage and that he received a recommendation notice on Jan. 18 and a family notice about the recommendation on Jan. 25. He told the committee that families interpreted early notices as a decision and that several left the school before a final vote, reducing enrollment and revenue. "They took the money," Avant said…
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