Burlington College announced today that it will close on May 27 after it found itself unable to recover from "the crushing weight of the debt" incurred under Jane O'Meara Sanders, the college's former president and wife of Bernie Sanders.At the end of 2010, Ms. Sanders took out $10 million in loans on behalf of Burlington College to purchase a 32-acre swathe of land from the Roman Catholic diocese, which put the land up for sale to help cover the costs of a $17 million sexual-abuse settlement.
As Heat Street reported last month, the college almost immediately fell short on its financial obligations as fundraising pledges and commitments Ms. Sanders cited in the loan agreements never materialized.
Less than a year after leading Burlington College into massive debt, Ms. Sanders resigned, taking with her a $200,000 severance package.
I bet she didn't redistribute it either!
By 2014, because of its shaky finances and running deficits, Burlington College found itself placed on probation for two years by the regional accreditation agency.
Sounds like the Sanders have been practicing hard for what they do at the Federal level.
A Burlington College news release issued this morning called these financial hurdles "insurmountable at this time."
"We anticipate notice from [the regional accreditation agency] that we have not met the Commission's financial standard," the news release said, "and, therefore, our accreditation will be lifted as of January 2017, and the College will not be able to award academic credit after this time."
Feel the Bern, motherfuckers. This is what happens when you let people that love to spend other people's money get in charge.
Also: Catholic Parishioners Want Jane Sanders Investigated for Federal Bank Fraud
Ah... those virtuous government leeches...