The response back, today, from Faith Hill, a 2006 UVA alum who serves as the FOIA officer and e-discovery manager for the Office of the University Counsel:

The U.S. Department of Education reversed course, passing off the now-shuttered Federal Executive Institute to the University Friday. The Department previously awarded the institute to Charlottesville City Schools.

Some are worried UVa wielded “behind-the-scenes political pressure” to win the Trump-shuttered Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville.

"The Federal Executive Institute, which was created by the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson more than 50 years ago, is a Government program purportedly designed to provide leadership ...

Disregarding the protests of Charlottesville residents and city officials, the University of Virginia is moving forward with plans to acquire the shuttered Federal Executive Institute in the city.

The Department of Education has reversed course and said it is giving the Trump-shuttered Federal Executive Institute to UVa and not Charlottesville.