Philanthropist to open elementary school at educational campus

Dr. Kiran Patel’s tuition-free charter school will welcome students in August 2022 in Temple Terrace.

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Courtesy. The Dr. Kiran C. Patel Elementary School is slated to open in August 2022 in Temple Terrace.
Courtesy. The Dr. Kiran C. Patel Elementary School is slated to open in August 2022 in Temple Terrace.
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TAMPA — Dr. Kiran Patel, a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist who sold WellCare in 2002 for $200 million, is adding a public, tuition-free elementary school to an educational campus he founded in Temple Terrace.

File. Dr. Kiran Patel, left, pictured here with Tom James of Raymond James Financial and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik, is one of the most prominent and prolific philanthropists in the Tampa Bay region.
File. Dr. Kiran Patel, left, pictured here with Tom James of Raymond James Financial and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik, is one of the most prominent and prolific philanthropists in the Tampa Bay region.

 

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