The decision to close the AFL-focused senior school leaves year 11 students scrambling to find a place to finish their studies next year.
Former Richmond footballer Alex Rance will shut down his elite AFL-focused senior school, The Academy, leaving year 11 students scrambling to find a place to finish their studies next year.
Tim Gray, whose son James is in year 11 at The Academy, said families were devastated by the news the alternative school would shut its Essendon, Wangaratta and Geelong campuses at the end of the year. Some students had moved interstate to attend. Harry Bryant and James Gray are part of Alex Rance’s football-focused school, The Academy, which will close this year.“There’s a really unhappy group of families. There are some kids who have relocated, either by organising a private rental or boarding to be close to the schools, so that displays the commitment from the families and the kids,” Gray said.
“The future of the program wasn’t feasible if we weren’t able to scale it on a large scale and further invest significant time, energy and finance to make this program. So, that’s brought us to this point now where 2023 will be the final year of The Academy program,” he told families.said it was heartbreaking the program had to end.
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