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ORMA ‘looking pretty good,’ admissions chief says by CHRIS BURRITT
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OAK RIDGE – Oak Ridge Military Academy (ORMA) plans to graduate 11 seniors this coming Saturday, May 22, and anticipates increasing enrollment in the next school year, according to Maj. Robert Forde, the academy’s admissions director.
Councilman Doug Nodine said the school’s staff has “done a great, great job. Just a few years ago, we were thinking it wasn’t going to make it.”
“Things are looking pretty good,” Forde told the Oak Ridge Town Council May 6, explaining that all of the graduating seniors have been accepted by at least one of their three top choices for college. ORMA anticipates enrolling “well over 100” students for next school year, after enrolling 113 students in the current year, according to Forde. Seven in 10 current students have decided to
When he joined ORMA in 2019, Forde said he encountered skepticism about the school’s prospects after years of slumping enrollment. Since then, it has relied on billboard advertising, online sites such as Boarding School Review and open houses on campus to recruit new students. Since last August, 145 families have visited the school, Forde said. “The school needs to survive,” he said. “It is a great institution. It is a great leadership academy. And it’s a big part of Oak Ridge.’’
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Summerfield Town Council member Lynne W. DeVaney is working on identifying areas within the town limits where residents do not have access to broadband (highspeed) infrastructure. Residents of the Town of Summerfield who do not have access to high-speed internet are asked to email DeVaney at ldevaney@summerfieldnc.gov and provide their street address, or call Summerfield Town Hall at (336) 643-8655 and leave the information with the town clerk.
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