in May 2020 to Democracy Builders, founded by Seth Andrew, which intended to use it for a low-residency, low-cost college program for low-income students. The Degrees of Freedom program would last four years, from eleventh grade to the second year of college, and would result in an associate degree. The program was slated to be largely online, with students only being on campus two weeks out of each trimester. In February 2021, Andrew announced that Democracy Builders had sold the campus to "Type 1 Civilization Academy" via a quitclaim deed. On March 9, 2021, During an invitation-only community meeting on Zoom, Andrew announced that the Type 1 deal had been cancelled. He called the agreement "an engagement" rather than "a marriage". Andrew filed another quit claim deed which transferred the property back to Democracy Builders. The principal of Type 1, Adrian Stein, said that Type 1 was legitimately in control of the campus and that the issue will likely end up in court unless they can find "some other kind of equitable settlement." Opening of the Democracy Builders program was deferred in April 2021 after Andrew was charged with financial crimes. In July 2021, the campus was purchased by the Marlboro Music Festival. The Marlboro Music Festival formed the subsidiary nonprofit organization, Potash Hill, Inc. to manage the property. Notable people Faculty Wyn Cooper taught at Marlboro. Jay Craven taught film at Marlboro. Paul J. LeBlanc, Marlboro's president from 1996 to 2003, later became president of Southern New Hampshire University. Peter Lefcourt taught literature and writing from 1968 to 1970. Leslie Lamport taught at Marlboro in the late 1960s David Mamet taught at Marlboro for one semester. Joseph Mazur taught mathematics at Marlboro. Ellen McCulloch-Lovell was Marlboro's president from 2004 to 2015. Blanche Honegger Moyse taught music at Marlboro. Louis Moyse taught music at Marlboro. Alumni David Asman, The Wall Street Journal editor, television journalist Shura Baryshnikov, dancer Deni Ellis Béchard, novelist Sophie Cabot Black, poet Regina Lee Blaszczyk, academic Sara Coffey, member of the Vermont House of Representatives Sean Cole, journalist Alicia Dana, Paralympian Marcus DeSieno, lens-based artist Deborah Eisenberg, author (left after two years) Ed Fallon, member of the Iowa House of Representatives Gretchen Gerzina, author and academic Daniel Harple, entrepreneur and investor Parnell Hall, novelist Joshua Harmon, poet, novelist, and essayist Emilie Kornheiser, member of the Vermont House of Representatives Ted Levine, actor Robert H. MacArthur, ecologist