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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(117,530 posts)
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 07:53 PM Jan 4

Elon Musk's next venture set to launch this year: a private preschool

Elon Musk is expanding his reach as he launches his newest venture: early childhood education.

Located in Bastrop, Texas, Ad Astra is a private preschool that is accepting applications for children aged three to nine. The school's website said that Ad Astra will subsidize tuition for its opening year, after which costs will be set in line with local private schools.

"Ad Astra's approach to education is centered around hands-on, project-based learning, where children are encouraged to explore, experiment, and discover solutions to real-world problems," the website said, adding that its curriculum will be centered on integrating STEM subjects into the classrooms.

A notice from the Texas Health and Human Services Department said the preschool obtained its initial permit on November 14, officially allowing the school to open in 2025. Per the permit, the preschool can admit up to 21 students in its first year of operation. The school's application materials first obtained by Bloomberg said that the school's long-term goal is expanding into a university focused on STEM learning.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-next-venture-set-085201010.html

Is Texas a school voucher state?

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CousinIT

(10,684 posts)
1. SHitler and Muskrat + Abbott will defund public schools to pay for vouchers
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 07:55 PM
Jan 4

so rich-ass parents can send their kids there.

Irish_Dem

(61,488 posts)
2. Federal dollars will magically appear, making Musk even richer.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 07:56 PM
Jan 4

Musk pre-school franchise funded by the US taxpayer.
Like all of his grifts.

Irish_Dem

(61,488 posts)
4. Rich people hate to spend their own money.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:01 PM
Jan 4

That's why they are rich.

They figure out how to screw everyone else.

a kennedy

(32,566 posts)
5. I know that, but all the buffoons that voted for the orange piece of shot need to see or
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:05 PM
Jan 4

realize it. How do ya convey it to them in simple terms that they’ll understand.

Irish_Dem

(61,488 posts)
7. They probably don't care.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:10 PM
Jan 4

Musk and Trump hate the same people they hate.
And they admire ruthless criminals who can commit crimes and get away with it.

womanofthehills

(9,430 posts)
10. He did something similar in Cal
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jan 4

He did this before in starting in 2015 in Cal - Ad Astra grammar school for his older kids and children of Space X employees - limit 20 kids.

Now - he has 6 kids under 4 so he’s making a school for them probably and for employees kids etc.

eppur_se_muova

(37,939 posts)
11. Doesn't he have his hands pretty much full with just one temperamental toddler ? nt
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:47 PM
Jan 4

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womanofthehills

(9,430 posts)
16. He has three toddlers with Grimes
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:20 PM
Jan 4

Little X has a little sister Little Y and a little bro who looks about 2 yrs old named Tau.

Shivon Volis has twins with Elon -Azure and Strider -3 yrs old plus a 6 month old whose name was kept secret.

5 toddlers and a baby.



Midnight Writer

(23,267 posts)
13. He's gonna need more government money for that, along with more cheap labor from other countries.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jan 4

He loves that government teat.

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