A basis that helps a personal Christian college in Milwaukee has purchased the now shuttered Cardinal Stritch College campus for $24 million.

The Ramirez Household Basis, run by Gus and Becky Ramirez, helps faculties for “underserved college students” throughout the globe. Now, they plan to deliver a Christian voucher college to Milwaukee County.

“This can be a once-in-a-generation alternative to accumulate a singular property that may, in time, present the Ramirez Household Basis with a platform to make an excellent bigger affect,” Gus and Becky Ramirez stated in an announcement.

In April, Cardinal Stritch President Dan Scholz stated the campus would shut on the finish of the spring semester in Might. In a video assertion, Scholz stated, “it was decided that we might now not proceed to offer the prime quality training experiences our college students rightly deserve.”

The college introduced in June that they have been looking for a purchaser for the 43-acre property in Fox Level and Glendale. The campus consists of 12 buildings with a mixed 607,000-square-feet.

Gus Ramirez, the previous CEO of Waukesha-based Husco Worldwide, stated the inspiration has been seeking to open a faculty to serve college students on Milwaukee’s north facet for the final 10 years.

“We thought the wants right here have been distinctive,” Ramirez stated.

The muse lately supported a 900-student facility growth at St. Augustine Preparatory Academy in Milwaukee.

“Whereas now we have a broad imaginative and prescient to develop entry to a high-quality, Christian training for underserved college students in Milwaukee, our particular plans for the campus will likely be decided after cautious consideration, evaluation and enter from instructional leaders at Aug Prep,” the assertion stated.

Enrollment at Milwaukee Public Colleges has been dropping for a number of years as nicely.

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“We thought it was applicable to present again and attempt to make a dent within the very tough training setting that Milwaukee is in,” Ramirez stated.

Ramirez stated the college will likely be a voucher college centered on offering a Christian training for Ok-12 college students. He envisions a various scholar physique.

“We expect that by having a diversified scholar physique we will create an academic setting that displays the true world these college students are going to enter,” Ramirez stated.

Ramirez stated the inspiration will create an in depth plan within the subsequent six to 12 months to determine subsequent steps for the campus. However he did say the dormitories on the campus will doubtless be torn right down to make manner for brand new athletic fields. He additionally stated the objective is to start out recruiting college students inside 5 miles of the campus subsequent summer time, to start out college in 2025. He believes the college might have greater than 1,000 college students.

“The hot button is for us to make sure once they (college students) go away our campus, they’ve the maturity and capabilities to achieve success it doesn’t matter what they do,” he stated.

In an announcement, Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy stated he is wanting ahead to having discussions with the inspiration’s leaders quickly.

“The Metropolis of Glendale has had a prolonged and very optimistic relationship with Cardinal Stritch College. The college has offered a powerful instructional basis to members of our area, with a concentrate on growing character and enhancing the lives of individuals in our neighborhood,” the assertion stated.

“With the sale of the college property to the Ramirez Household Basis, the house will proceed to function a spot that fosters the same mission. We sit up for sitting down with the Basis management within the coming weeks and discussing their imaginative and prescient for the property,” it added.

The muse has supported greater than 200 faculties impacting greater than 300,000 college students, primarily in Central and South America. Christine Symchych, the village president of Fox Level, additionally stated she was excited concerning the plans.

“I am actually wanting ahead to seeing the place this goes,” Symchych stated. “I feel it is unhappy that we’re shedding Stritch (Cardinal Stritch), I feel it is thrilling that we’re getting one other instructional use on the property. It appears like it’ll a vibrant use and I feel that advantages all people.”