All this one needs is an appearance from Timothy Hutton.
They will be updating “Taps” today at Valley Forge Military Academy.
You might remember the movie where Hutton led a group of young cadets who were less than enchanted with the direction of their school. The decided to play soldier and took over the school. It was filmed at Valley Forge Military Academy in Radnor.
Some alumni of the esteemed Main Line institution will be updating the script today for real.
It’s the latest salvo in a bitter feud, but the central issue is very similar. The small group of alums don’t like the direction their school is taking. And today they will make their complaints public at the gates of the institution. I don’t think any muskets will be involved.
The Valley Forge Old Guard is critical of school spending, including the salaries of top execs, and what they believe is a move away from the military school’s core values. They plan to ask the state attorney general to investigate the non-profit that runs the school.
School leaders are not amused, and vowing to take legal action against the group for what they call “slander” against the school and its leaders.
In particular the Old Guard seems to have its guns trained on school President Charles McGeorge. He’s the first civilian president in the school’s history.
Roll cameras. Bring in Tim Hutton.
They are remaking “Taps” on the Main Line today.
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