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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do we know where the $175M came from specifically? The in-house poster made reference to resources but what is the form of those resources? Debt? Equity? Chinese government money? Institutional money? This isn't an endowment of some sort. I'm not quite sure why that isn't discussed in greater depth.

Are these investors looking for a return like all investors? How? Through dividends and distributions? When are they projected to be profitable? Anyone seen pro formas?

Or is it investment in the form of a cash infusion from a foreign government with a very clear agenda that differs from the general educational philosophy of most parents that would send their kids to other DC independent schools?  Will Tianaman Square be taught? Belt and Road? Resource stripping investments in Africa? Support of brutal regimes that are otherwise financially beneficial to the investor? The Great Firewall?

I just think it's bizarre for parents to consider sending their kids to a school without a clear understanding of its motivation, backers, philosophy, financial objectives and backstory.
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Excellent questions. My guess the money would be made by charging the boarding students an insane amount. Everyone else is gets over billed also.

But you do raise some more fundamental issues about them. Important because the last school venture he was in did not go very well. And now the city has given them a stop work order. [/quote]

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