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Bentonville/Rogers private schools growing like crazy
Posted on 8/17/16 at 11:42 am
Posted on 8/17/16 at 11:42 am
Bentonville Fair grounds will be the new site of The Thaden School, named after the aviator. Walton Foundation sponsored. This one has Ye Old Eastern Establishment type of name, and I'd be willing to bet a couple G's that the architecture will be old colonial.
the old Lane Hotel in Rogers being renovated into some other type of private school - also Walton Foundation
Arkansas Art Academy in Rogers already established - and very close to the old Lane Hotel site - weird, is there some competition between folks on all that?
Haas Hall in Bentonville - I guess a branch from the Fayetteville Haas Hall?
need a tiny private liberal arts college to complete the ambiance of what Bentonville already has and is already expanding
the old Lane Hotel in Rogers being renovated into some other type of private school - also Walton Foundation
Arkansas Art Academy in Rogers already established - and very close to the old Lane Hotel site - weird, is there some competition between folks on all that?
Haas Hall in Bentonville - I guess a branch from the Fayetteville Haas Hall?
need a tiny private liberal arts college to complete the ambiance of what Bentonville already has and is already expanding
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Posted on 8/17/16 at 11:49 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Not a surprise honestly. Given the vast amount of wealth concentrated in a fairly small area and a fairly solid Catholic community we will see quite a few private schools expand greatly.
Even though the public school sector for NWA is doing wonderful.
Even though the public school sector for NWA is doing wonderful.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 2:59 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
My son and daughter go to NWA Classical Academy in Bentonville. Great school.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 3:40 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Benton County is the 2nd most populous county in the state and the fastest growing. No surprises there.
Waltons and the other Fortune 500s know to recruit top executive talent, they need better than the "good schools" we have publicly. They're helping move the bar up in every area.
Waltons and the other Fortune 500s know to recruit top executive talent, they need better than the "good schools" we have publicly. They're helping move the bar up in every area.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 7:35 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
It seems like every week for the past 2-3 years, there's another Walton Family Foundation announcement for something new around here. They've been dropping serious cash.
This will be top notch from everything I've heard. I haven't heard any specific details about the Lane Hotel project in downtown Rogers. I was assuming it would be the location for the "East Coast style prep academy", but that's going downtown Bentonville, a few blocks from WMHQ.
Whoever suggested a small private university, well, they could afford to found and build one from the ground up.
The endowment at Hendrix is $200 million. John Brown is around $100 million.
They are #2 and #3 behind Fayetteville, as far as endowment value goes.
Within 2 years, downtown Bentonville will have the new contemporary art museum, Thaden School, and Brightwater Center, all up and running. That's insane to think about for a still relatively small town like Bentonville.
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The Thaden School
This will be top notch from everything I've heard. I haven't heard any specific details about the Lane Hotel project in downtown Rogers. I was assuming it would be the location for the "East Coast style prep academy", but that's going downtown Bentonville, a few blocks from WMHQ.
Whoever suggested a small private university, well, they could afford to found and build one from the ground up.
The endowment at Hendrix is $200 million. John Brown is around $100 million.
They are #2 and #3 behind Fayetteville, as far as endowment value goes.
Within 2 years, downtown Bentonville will have the new contemporary art museum, Thaden School, and Brightwater Center, all up and running. That's insane to think about for a still relatively small town like Bentonville.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 7:38 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Charter schools aren't private schools, but there's a lot of confusion over the matter because many of the charter schools in NWA operate like private schools in excluding people who don't measure up to what they want in their population (check the ESL and SPED demographics of Haas Hall sometime... it's not coincidence). Haas has been dinged for it a few times, and they've pledged to try to increase their diversity to be more representative of the areas in which they reside.
I've heard this will be a Haas Hall.
Thaden School (which is a private school) landed some pretty big Ivy league administrators. I think they're trying to cater to East Coast vendors who wouldn't dream of sending their kid to a public institution and are willing to pay handsomely.
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the old Lane Hotel in Rogers being renovated into some other type of private school - also Walton Foundation
I've heard this will be a Haas Hall.
Thaden School (which is a private school) landed some pretty big Ivy league administrators. I think they're trying to cater to East Coast vendors who wouldn't dream of sending their kid to a public institution and are willing to pay handsomely.
This post was edited on 8/17/16 at 7:39 pm
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