Comments on: Single-family cathedral across from Dolores Park is finally off the market

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 05 May 2011 22:16:31 +0000

Jesus christ, that’s more than I paid for my master’s degree! That is absolutely insane.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:31:11 +0000

Agreed. There are many wonderful public schools in the City, and if parents are willing to do just a bit of legwork, it’s not that hard to make sure your child gets into one of the ones you like.

There is, in fact, a neighborhood based bonus for school acceptance, that started this year (I have friends who live near “prestigious” public schools who got in thanks to that bonus, so it does in fact work).

There are a lot of myths that private school parents like to tell themselves to justify why they pay so much, but it is just not necessary. We have a great public school system in San Francisco that’s admittedly troubled by a handful of bad schools – take the little bit of effort to avoid the worst ones and you’ll find that the best ones are as good as any private school.

By: halle

halle — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:20:37 +0000

Oh, you have no idea. Full-time tuition with aftercare is more like $30k.

By: Sweet T

Sweet T — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:59:45 +0000

A parents’ argument is obviously more difficult to make when you’re drinking in close proximity to their high school-aged children as opposed to their precious and innocent little kindergarten balls of glowing opportunity.

How will their children ever grow up to be the founders and presidents of 501(c) nonprofits if they’re so unduly influenced by all the drug and alcohol consumption and public urination going on right across the street?

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:34:35 +0000

Wait. $8700 is the REDUCED tuition?! Jeebus! I was sitting here thinking “$8700/yr per kid seems absurdly high for a Junior High School.”

Clearly I am out of touch with how crazy expensive private schools are.

By: Neighbor

Neighbor — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:28:58 +0000

I think this is a fabulous use for the “castle,” way better than as a residence. I’ve heard about Children’s Day School and their sliding scale tuition that is proof of their commitment to diversity. I have seen their friendly and bright middle schoolers out registering people to vote and to sign petitions to help the people of Sudan. And I’ve seen their younger kids doing community clean-ups. It’s a very community-minded school and their increased presence in the Mission will be a vast improvement. We should all say Hurrah! and help make it happen.

By: stiiv

stiiv — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:07:29 +0000

I actually do have kids.

There are quite a number of very good public schools within our reach. Some of them require a bus ride and others are a short walk. I’m quite impressed with the ones that I’ve seen.

We toured CDS and the San Francisco School when looking for a preschool. They’re both very fine places and I wish them well, but I do not consider them necessary.

Belief in the declining public school system (it’s not, actually) is a core tenet for a lot of people. A lot of people who send their kids to private schools, in fact.

By: DIllon

DIllon — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:59:51 +0000

Wrong. Public schools are not decent in the city and haven’t been for years. For the few that are good, there’s a lottery system, no neighborhood schools. Obviously you don’t have kids.

6.6 million for CDS to pay for this building is outrageous. They should focus on fixing the problems in the middle school instead of racing to expand it.

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:32:28 +0000

Now THAT is a plan that would benefit all parties.

By: tk

tk — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:23:13 +0000

They can make up the difference by charging $10 a head to use their bathrooms on weekends.

By: chalkman

chalkman — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:10:43 +0000

this is an existing private school that is expanding to add a middle school, you are already getting drunk near Mission High School.

By: RebeccaKroll

RebeccaKroll — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:48:40 +0000

We’ve got a great team of financial minds on the job. And the additional building gives us the opportunity to add 120(ish) students.

Of course, we’d be thrilled to accept any capital donation you’d like to contribute!

By: Corpus Nerd

Corpus Nerd — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:20:20 +0000

Children, one of the many secret weapons of the gentrifiers!

By: Corpus Nerd

Corpus Nerd — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:19:03 +0000

Ha Ha, Zuckerberg, could pull that off couldn’t he?

By: anonymouse

anonymouse — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:17:02 +0000

is there some way to block this? i don’t want to drink in public at dolores so close to a public school. i cannot guarantee i won’t be severely and dangerously drunk during school hours.