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of Genoa, Italy, each campus was planned to have 600,000 square feet and serve approximately 2,500 students, ages 3 to 18, with about 160 students per grade. Roughly 60 percent were expected to be day students, and the remaining 40 percent to be weekly and full boarders. At capacity, Whittle School
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