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"Plans to establish a private school here apparently have been forsaken in favor of support for other independent schools nearby."

The new school venture, The Turner County Academy, requires 150 students minimum to be enrolled or the "plans for a private school will be considered dead."

"'Quite frankly, the outlook is bleak,' a spokesman for the board said after its meeting…

Only 75 students have paid the 50% of tuition for the new proposed private school. They are considering only making it for grades 1-9 due to lack of high school student registration.

"March 12 is the final date for enrollment of a student in Turner County Academy, the proposed private school here which will begin operation Sept. 1."

Tuition is $500.

It was voted to purchase the former Rebecca School from Charles Wideman of…