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 Edison Schools Announces First High School in Nation's Capital Friday, June 09, 2000 Edison announced that it will expand operations in the District of Columbia, where it currently manages two elementary schools and one middle school. As a result of this expansion, approximately four percent of the District's public school students are enrolled in Edison schools. Starting in the fall of this year, Edison will manage Edison-Friendship Collegiate Academy, Carter G. Woodson Campus, with its partner, Friendship House, serving approximately 450 Grade 9 and 10 students. Under the terms of the 5-year contract, which began in the fall of 1998, the school will expand to include Grade 11 in the 2001-2002 school year and Grade 12 the following year, serving an estimated 1,000 high school students. Except for the historical information contained in this announcement, the matters discussed are "forward looking statements" (as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks detailed from time-to-time in Edison's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, Edison calls to the reader's attention the risk factors described in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 15, 2000 under the heading "Additional Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results." Any such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date such statements are made, and Edison undertakes no obligations to publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements or otherwise update or supplement this announcement or risk factors contained herein.
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