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Oprah’s Academy Closes Campus, Expands Reach | Oakland News
Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls is shutting down its boarding school at the end of the 2027 academic year, but its mission isn’t ending—it’s expanding. Since opening in South Africa in 2007, the academy has helped over 1,000 girls graduate and launch successful careers in medicine, law, and business. The campus will be returned to Gauteng’s Department of Education, while current students will finish uninterrupted. Oprah says the dream of transforming lives through education continues—and now, the organization will reach even more young women across the country, proving that…
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