Patrick Durbin, Choate’s chief financial officer, testifying before the Wallingford (CT) Planning and Zoning Commission last month. Durbin was advocating the need to build a brand new multi million dollar admissions building on campus:
“Across our industry, projections have proven true. Decreased enrollments, paired with inflation and COVID, are just some of the factors that have forced the closing of at least six boarding schools in recent years.”