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Article: Private schools band together to draw pupils ; Goal is to leverage woes at public schools.
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
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- October 2, 2008
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Private schools in Columbia are teaming up and pooling their
resources in hopes of becoming more competitive with Columbia Public
Schools.
About a dozen private and religious schools formed a network this
summer and met again last month to talk, in part, about coordinating
marketing and recruiting efforts.
"It's really important because so much attention is given to the
public schools," said Karen Shryock, the Columbia Independent School
admissions director who formed the network. "People interested in
school choice might not seek it out. We want to at least present the
idea that parents do have a choice here and there are some options."
Creation of the network comes at a time when Columbia ...