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Giving Equal Time To Viewpoint Of A Trinity Hall Supporter

I received the following correspondence from Lisa Calandrino, a 40 year Middletown resident who reached out to me via Facebook. She read Jennifer Valencia's "No Vacancy For Trinity Hall! Proposed Development Not A Fit For Historic Chapel Hill Neighborhood" blog post yesterday and wanted to tell her story as to why she supports Trinity Hall. Seeing how I really don't have a "dog in this fight", I have no problem giving a little equal time to an opposing viewpoint :

I write this letter as a nearly life-long resident of Middletown; as a working mom actively involved in my children’s public and private education. I have served as a class mother, as a PTA Treasurer and multiple time director of my children’s school’s annual fundraiser. I am also a fervent supporter of the new Trinity Hall High School for girls here in Middletown, both at their interim location at Croydon Hall and their proposed future permanent campus on Chapel Hill Road. I grew up in the Chapel Hill area and I am a graduate of St. Mary’s grammar school, Mater Dei High School and Rosemont College. A Catholic education isn’t for everyone, but in retrospect it was important for me. An all-girls college education was equally important to me and an opportunity I wish was available as a Middletown resident in high school.

When it came time to send my daughter to high school it was her decision where to go. She probably wouldn’t admit it, but she saw first-hand how well a single-sex Catholic high school education was working out for her older brother at CBA and I believe it is why she chose Trinity Hall. It wasn’t without its risks, being part of the inaugural freshmen class of only 30 girls in an entire school, but she was up for the challenge and I am proud of her for it. The thing I’m most proud of is that she’s thriving, as much as her brother, and I can’t imagine what more I can ask for as a parent....

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