September 19, 2008
Joke About Starting West Village High School Gets Taken Seriously
When Greenwich Village resident Aimee Bell, a Vanity Fair editor, was asked by another parent where her daughter, then in fifth grade, would be attending High School, she jokingly answered that she was starting one herself. That was two years ago, and since then the wisecrack has turned into a reality. With a little help from Bell's well-connected friends (Graydon Carter! John Leguizamo! Bob Kerrey!), Greenwich Village High, a private academy, will accept 45 freshman next year with tuition set on a sliding scale from $1,000 to $34,729. An author of a guide to Manhattan private schools tells the Times that the school will help fill the city's fancy school void: “It’s really always been slim pickings downtown. Originally, it was a commercial area with tradesmen and lofts not meant for living, but now it’s a mecca for young families.” GV High's motto? “Work hard, be kind, take risks.” (Apparently there wasn't room for "Network!")
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Hmmm Self-privatization of schools. Keep the minorities segregated through social, and economic barriers. This is certainly interesting.
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Ah, grooming the builders of the next bubble.
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who gets to pay $1000, rent-control tenants?
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oh great. a far cry from, say, the New School in the 50's.
But we all know that everyone now ought to be entirely hostile towards any reminiscing into the past and towards any thing that disparages the benevolent children of the elite.
good luck, god speed you self-absorbed, swine children.
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"Preparing Your Children for Their Future Life of Cocaine Addiction and Divorces"
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Isn't Stuyvesant good enough for them? Oh, right, then they'd actually have to be smart.