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Chris Whittle, Avenues: The World School CEO, on the model his school is based off of, and how it compares to other schools in the educational system.
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College avenues and new school opening New York City today cost more per year than it would to syndicate armored.
But with thousands of applicants for the school's first year a lot of parents clearly think it's worth the money.
So let's see what makes this schools so unique joining us now Chris -- CEO of avenues the world school.
So what it seems to me that what makes this different is the international aspect.
That's a big part of it -- key part of our plan is to prepare children.
For the global lives that they're likely.
Until -- and there's three ways we do that language is one.
Making sure that they study.
Significantly overseas.
And then history programs it really teach them about other cultures which is.
Interesting because I think that's one of the things we lack is the history geography.
-- my kick in when -- -- -- rating is on -- map these days you have currently said he received 2000 applicants you have sixty accepted 16100 students.
We received 2600.
Applications and we started school this morning with 730.
Children.
-- Suri Cruise is one of them so there's been some there's been a lot of press on that but each grade has about a hundred kids is that actually that's correct.
So that comes -- about 1518 kids -- class.
These kids are learning -- spending -- is that is that accurate -- half the day speaking another language.
Each child has to classrooms they have an English classroom that there and half the day.
And then they have either and Mandarin or Spanish classroom that during the other -- today.
And they basically go to school in Chinese or Spanish half of their day.
And that you planning -- open other campuses which I guess you're gonna do some sort of exchange with you're -- you want these kids.
Even -- -- -- -- it expands overseas -- in middle school starting in middle school and high school we want every one of our children to study in China India Africa Latin America and Europe.
Before they graduate from high school.
He got seventy million dollars to private donations clearly other people think this is a good -- is this.
Is -- some sort of a knock on a public school system.
I don't think so now we think.
Diversity in options are good for education and that.
-- all kinds of schools are the answer to better.
Schools clearly a lot of other people agree with you sir Chris what a good luck with and come back when you have more campuses it thank.
