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So this is definitely sounding like it will be publicly funded (I don’t think a school owner would be incentivized to spend millions of dollars per year out of pocket). So it’s a public school, which I’m on board with. I think it would be easier to improve on an existing model than try to start from scratch.
I would prefer if it didn’t feel like a single resource. It would be nice if neighborhoods were planned around a central school, where all homes are within a 15 minute walk of the school. There should be parks in each neighborhood as well. Bonus points if no one ever has to cross a street to get to school (above-ground walkways or getting creative with the geometry of street layouts, I don’t know). Then there can be community centers where all of the sports and extracurricular activities (music, literature, painting) are performed. Instead of 9 hours at the same building, the head teacher of each classroom can walk their students to the community center, where they go to their preferred activity. Maybe the kids are fed a meal at the community center, asking with the meals they’re fed at school.
The school, community center, teachers, coaches, activity coordinators, chefs, cafeteria workers, are all funded by taxes, which would simplify making things solvent.
But then the board realized there are stocks to buyback, and that seems like a better use of the new funds