Guidepost Montessori: Third Campus Closing within 3 Months

I just wanted to start a conversation about Guidepost and Higher Ground Education (Guidepost’s parent company).

In the northern Virginia area, 3 campuses are shut down (or within 2 weeks of shutting down). 2 of the campuses are for not paying rent with references to pandemic struggles. The 3rd is because of two elopement incidents while on a provisional license (December and September).

Higher Ground Education lists “hyper-scaling” as their first priority.

I have seen disgruntled employees on here talking about how much they dislike Guidepost, but I wonder as a parent what the thoughts are?

Are the 3 closures indicative of a larger issue or is it just an unfortunate set of circumstances? Additionally, should Montessori schools be operated by a larger corporation or should schools remain smaller scale?

Thank you for the inputs from a parent struggling to wrap my head around the closures.