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Speaker 1: The Croft School is a network of private schools and Providence,

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Speaker 1: Rhode Island, Boston South End and here in Jamaica Plaine.

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Speaker 1: But after allegations of financial misconduct by the school's founder,

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Speaker 1: parents and their children who attend Craft are left in limbo.

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Speaker 2: He cried when we told him, I think this has

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Speaker 2: been an incredibly special place for him.

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Speaker 1: Jenny McDonald Brown is hoping that parent fundraising efforts keep

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Speaker 1: the school open beyond this Friday and through June. Maria

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Speaker 1: Fernandez is mother of a third grader.

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Speaker 3: The moments of confusion and uncertainty were short lived, and

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Speaker 3: since then we have been organized and on task and

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Speaker 3: very strategic and cooperative, and that's where we are today.

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Speaker 1: They say they're not giving up on the Croft School

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Speaker 1: n JP. James Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio