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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 30
Chris Cox and five families withdraw children from Tessellations for home school
Updated
Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 30

Chris Cox and five families withdraw children from Tessellations for home school

2 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 30
  • At the Cupertino private school, the move pulled six pupils from one fourth- and fifth-grade class, leaving nine classmates behind; board chairman Peter Deng's family also joined.
  • The departures followed layoffs, lawsuits, neighbour disputes and the firing of founder Grace Stanat after a board investigation found legal, financial and reputational risk.
  • Tessellations, founded six years ago for gifted children, has also paused its high school and shifted toward IQ-test admissions, while saying it has new leadership and expects record enrolment.
Can a school for geniuses survive when its leaders can't agree on what 'gifted' even means?
Why are tech billionaires abandoning the elite schools they built for even more exclusive home schools?