Subject: Great News!!!
From: "Jack Pannell" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jack Pannell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:38:59 -0500

Dearest Friends,

i wish I had time to write each of you a personal note.

I have good---even great ----news to share with you! Tonight, we won a
majority in a school board vote to move forward with our plans to launch
Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys in 2015. I feel like this nightmare is
over and we have a fresh path forward.

As you know so well from my calls for support and help, this passage of
uncertainty with the School District was unforeseen while it also
threatened the very success of this venture.

I'm deeply grateful for your strategic advice and counsel, your love and
support, and your prayers. There were times when I wondered if we should
give up because the climb was too steep. But at very important moments you
showed me a glimmer of hope. Thank you.  It will truly take a village to
build this school.

Like the climbers at Mt. Everest, we are at base camp and now the real
ascent to the summit begins. Going forward, you are critical to our
success. You know I won't hesitate to call on you. I seem to have a knack
for asking for favors. Thank you.

Onward,

Jack

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____________________________________________________
Jack J. Pannell, Jr.
*Founder  *
*Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys*

*President*
*Five Smooth Stones Foundation, Inc. *

*Office:*4 West Read Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410/929-1899

Visit www.baltimorecollegiate.org for information about admissions and
careers at Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, a public charter school in
Baltimore City.

Follow us on twitter @baltimore_BCSB and read our commentary in the *Baltimore
Sun
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-young-black-men-20140504,0,998026.story>.