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'Wakefields'
in the making
By MARK SCOLFORO
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The two Wakefields went into full gear this week; toward establishing two new schools from the remains of the old institution.
Wakefield School was evicted from the Huntly grounds Monday, packing desks, books and equipment into school buses until a contract is signed to move into the Marshall Manor retirement home. And Wakefield Country Day School Inc. announced its incorporation and a meeting it will hold Thursday to attract students and teachers.
Months of negotiations finally broke down Friday during a meeting in Fairfax between lawyers on each side, with lawyers for Wakefield Country Day telling lawyers from Wakfefield School to be out of the ground* by 5 p.m. Monday.
On Monday tearful parents, students and staffers worked in the heat to load the fleet of buses with thq material it took years to accumulate. By Monday afternoon lawyers were back on the phone with Circuit Court Judge Thomas Home because Wakefield School said it needed more time to move. He reportedly granted their request, but that could not be confirmed by presstime.
Also, Pamela Lynn, former headmaster and cofounder of the school, presented Wakefield School on Monday with an eight-page list of items she said belonged to her and the Lynn family.
Dr. Douglas V. Clarke, spokesman for the Wakefield School Board of Directors, said this week that final negotiations are taking place and that the school will re-, locate to the Marshall Manor retirement home in the village of Marshall.
The board and the owners of Marshall Manor agreed to the basic elements of a lease Monday night, said Dr. Clarke. He said a team of Wakefield parents had found the facility during a wide-ranging search for a new, temporary home.
Marshall Manor was built two years ago to accomodate 128 retirees. Only 12 now live in the facility.
The building consists of 68,000 square feet, a cafeteria, office space, space for a library and sits on 40 acres. Dr. Clarke said the school will rent one quadrant of the building, enough space for 16 25-by-20 classrooms. He said Wakefield School was negotiating with, Fauquier County to use the Marshall Annex, two blocks away, foran auditorium, gyrti ahd playiog fields. ’’
He said the new location, one minute from Interstate 66, opens Wakefield up to attract students from Prince William County, Centreville, Middleburg and Loudoun County. Although most students will have a
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