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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, it’s the central tension of GDS for me as an alumna, at least. GDS does a great job describing and cultivating its community but does a terrible job explaining why the GDS model (highly selective and expensive private school) is good for The Community. When it was founded, it had a great answer, which was that the public schools were not integrated.
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I actually think there are some good and defensible arguments for the school as it is but they are unspoken. [/b]The silence around it is really out of character for the school, and too me it is shameful. [/quote]

Can you give us a single one? It's ok to admit that you send a kid to an exclusive school and that the exclusivity allows for a better academic experience. [/quote]

Yeah, you just made one. “The exclusivity allows for a better academic experience” is a good argument, especially if you pair it with “giving our students a better academic experience enables them to do more or greater good,” etc.

I would also expect arguments like the private school governance model is more nimble or specialized than the public school bureaucracy, it enables the school to be focused on a specific mission, things like that.

I would also expect arguments broad category of admissions policy justifications related to financial viability. Legacy preference, needing X% full pay, all of that.

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PP spoke about the broader community, how does providing an elite, but cloistered secondary education benefit the community?[/quote]

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