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[quote=Anonymous]What is wrong of doing a real estate agreement / deal? How does this contradict the progressive values of the school? If the deal is an ethical/legal deal, and if it would allow to increase its capital and endowment to fulfill its progressive mission (that, by the way its focus on education and making a top tier school like GDS affordable to a broad range of families) that deal is totally consistent with its mission and values. I fully support the deal, and yes, I am committed to social justice. The development will create jobs and add value to the local economy, while allowing more of the less affluent families attend GDS. Real estate is not evil, nor doing business. 
It really pisses me off this superior entitle attitude of determining what is progressive or not based on a superficial analysis that equates business with ruthless evil capitalism. Take a look to the most progressive countries in the world, like some of the Nordic countries, with its low rates of inequality and high rates of well-being and inclusion.
They do business. It is like inclusion mainstreaming. It is not like you are only pursuing social justice if you are a social worker. Social justice is everywhere. It is so intrinsic to the society that they do not have these absolutely updated pre-conceptions. Yes. Let’s make more good and ethical deals so we can benefit more families, so we can better accomplish our mission. And they do not need to have an affordable housing component to be progressive. The mission of the school is education and what it is important is that everything that it does has in mind the purpose of maximizing its mission of making outstanding private education affordable for less affluent families.
FWIW: 20% of GDS families receive some type of financial aid. Average aid per family is over 20,000$. Yes, that is [f] progressive.
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