School's Out Forever at SV High Tech High

theodp writes "Touted as a model of successful education by the likes of Bill Gates, Silicon Valley's High Tech High just held its first — and last — commencement ceremony, graduating only 21 students in its brief history. Despite the financial support of the world's richest man, the charter school cited money woes as it voted to shut its doors. Adding insult to the poor HTH kids' injury, the local public H.S. district plunked down $8.6M to snatch up their abandoned school and will turn it over to a brand new crop of kids in the fall."

Comments

Hmm..

[jessiej]

My guess is they weren't using free software?

This is what happens ...

[WrongSizeGlass]

... when your Principal is Microsoft Bob and your school mascot is Clippy.

Re:Man I wish I was young again

[said213]

"Maybe I should enroll."

Yes, because this article is about the school remaining open.

TCO

[HalAtWork]

Just goes to show that even the world's richest person can't afford the TCO of running a school with Windows...

Despite the financial support..

[dynamo]

Way to half-ass yet another product, Bill.

Re:Not entirely govs fault

[HAKdragon]

That reminds me of something Chris Rock once said in one of his stand up specials. It went something like

In the black community, you get more respect coming out of jail then you do coming out of school.
"Hey man, I got my masters!"
"So you my master now? Well, let me ask you this, can you kick my ass?"

Re:Not surprising

[WilliamSChips]

I've had a biology teacher that did that--but that's biology, which isn't really science anyways.

Re:Nope, not true.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, they were using that free Mac software on the notoriously inexpensive Mac hardware. Thanks for clearing that up and proving the original poster wrong.