| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | Patrick O'Grady | |
| 2 | Brandon Stumpf | Please consider other options. |
| 3 | Zach Morgan | |
| 4 | W. Ashton Winfree | |
| 5 | Palmer Wellhouse | |
| 6 | Jenna Klym | |
| 7 | Patrick Dibert | |
| 8 | Robb Poland | |
| 9 | Thomas Chapman | Benedictine is a part of me, and all my '06 brothers. I know it is a part of all the alumni, and anyone who has had a brother, cousin, uncle or dad go there. There is to much history in those halls to move it. We will not let this issue go without a fight.
-Thomas Chapman '06 |
| 10 | J. David Conmy | Class of 2000 |
| 11 | Tyler Padden | Moving Benedictine to the Abbey will destory everything that the school has ever stood for. All tradition, all history, every that was and is currently Benedictine will be lost forever. Don't make the biggest mistake possible and move this to the abbey. |
| 12 | Anthony Zacharias | This school means alot to me and alot of other alumni. If you move it, it will kill a little piece of each one of us who changed from boys to men in those halls. |
| 13 | Taylor Antonelli | |
| 14 | Josh Settlage | |
| 15 | John Boatwright IV, Class of 2004 | Keep Benedictine Where It Is----simple as that |
| 16 | Andrew Weeks | |
| 17 | John Roberts | |
| 18 | Caitlyn Quilter | Don't move Benedictine- that would be destroying years of history and tradition. |
| 19 | Paul Saunders | Class '03 |
| 20 | Thomas Lindenzweig | |
| 21 | Katie Marcello | If BHS moves the whole SGHS and BHS experience will never be the same. |
| 22 | Jordan Rodericks | Benedictine is an institution that offers education, discipline, camaraderie, and a variety of students from in and around the Richmond metro area and from all socio-economic backgrounds. The opportunity for cadets to experience and urban environment (including St Gertrude’s, the park, Kramer's, parallel parking, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and countless other activities exclusive to the city of Richmond) is unmatched by any institution in the area. In real estate, as it is with Benedictine, most of the value is in the location.
I, for one, would have never attended Benedictine had it not been centrally located. I would not have considered going to a all male, military, catholic school, in the West End and not only would I not have considered it but my parents would not have either.
I had the luxury of choosing Benedictine as my high school and I did so for a variety of reasons (military, value, diversity, brotherhood, religious education, sports, tradition and location all appealed to me). This move puts every one of these valuable assets in jeopardy.
It would come as no surprise if the same powers looking to move the school could also be looking at making Benedictine more expensive, co-ed and not militarily affiliated. This would yield yet another West End school for yuppies, but without the respect and tradition of pre-existing West End schools like St. Chris, St. Catherine’s, and Collegiate and none of what we know as Benedictine.
As if it is not already apparent, I oppose this move, and I can see little benefit to it. I would approve of a NEW school built in said location, without affiliation to Benedictine, or moreover without changing Benedictine as we know it.
Save Benedictine. |
| 23 | Erica Seredni | |
| 24 | Jason Tucker | |
| 25 | Greg Koebel | |
| 26 | George Vargas | it wont matter how big and nice the new "Benedictine" will be, it wont be the same to none of us. we've been fine for 90+ years. |
| 27 | Katie Nelson | |
| 28 | Patrick Neal | |
| 29 | Cori Hanky | |
| 30 | Zachary Schultes | |
| 31 | Robert E. Morley, III | |
| 32 | Chris Harrison | |
| 33 | Mark Seredni | Since 1911 Benedictine has been at 304 N. Sheppard St. So much history exists at this location. A school that has survived a devistating fire, rebuilt itself and has flourished since then. A gym that has been home to some of the greatest highschool basketball events in the state of virginia. The rafters echo with chants from the cadets cheering section and coach Warren Rutledge teaching his famous triangle offense. How can all this history be discarded. How can one of the most feared venues for opposing high school basketball teams to play at be knocked down when the lot is sold. 304 N. Sheppard st. is where Benedictine belongs. |
| 34 | Emily Cupps | |
| 35 | Caitlin Taylor | |
| 36 | Sean Mulrooney BHS '03 | |
| 37 | Masengo Kapanga | |
| 38 | Shaina Miranda | Sheppard Street is a historical landmark for Benedictine High School. There is so much tradition, memories, and support in the walls of Benedictine, to move it would mean to erase everything that has taken years to create. |
| 39 | Tommy Saunders | I do not agree with everything said about Abbott Patrick in the petition, but I am signing this solely as a petition to keep Benedictine High School where it is. |
| 40 | Christopher Patrick Carlton White | |
| 41 | Berkeley Leonard | A man who knows absolutely nothing about true cadet life should not be able to destroy our past and the history of such an amazing place. |
| 42 | Geoffrey Beyer | |
| 43 | Nick Hogan | |
| 44 | Kathleen Morgan | you're ruining Benedictine and Saint Gertrude tradition |
| 45 | Matt O'Toole | |
| 46 | Anonymous | |
| 47 | Ashley Waldron | |
| 48 | Lucas Gordon | Benedictine should now move..... |
| 49 | Kristin McDonald | |
| 50 | Abby Johnson | |