"Pythagoras Academy is not closed!" A Richmond private school facing the fate of temporary closure after losing its location has come up with an innovative way to stay open for the upcoming school year. The Richmond News reported earlier this month that Pythagoras Academy on Odlin Crescent would close for one year amid its search for a new location. The school had been renting its current location and its previous attempt to move to No.
5 Road, along Highway to Heaven, was denied by Richmond city council . Things came to a head this year when lease negotiations with the landlord broke down. But the school won't have to close after all, as just two weeks later, Pythagoras Academy has managed to partner with the Richmond Jewish Day School to form adjoining schools on Highway to Heaven.
Due to limited resources, the school will only offer K to Grade 5 programming rather than JK to Grade 8 for the upcoming year. The schools will share the Jewish Day School's facilities at 8760 No. 5 Rd.
while still maintaining two different schools, Pythagoras Academy head of school Michael Bouchard explained. The goal is to form a long-term partnership. "We're not trying to have anything other than a collaborative relationship.
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We're not trying to join into one school," he added. "We're not trying to separate the playground where the children would never play together, but we're trying to introduce them to each other and then just foster that kind of deep respect where you don't have to be l.
