Private School Shortage Cited After Billionaire Moves Firm To Miami

Two years after billionaire Ken Griffin moved Citadel to Miami, his biggest concern is the shortage of private schools here, according to the NY Post.

Griffin announced a donation earlier this year to a 2-year old private Catholic school in North Miami, according to the Herald.

Citadel’s relocation was announced in 2022, and the company has been working out of offices in downtown Miami and Brickell.

In August, the company unveiled plans for a $1B supertall headquarters tower in Brickell, which will also include a hotel.

Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2025.

 

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Jenna
8 hours ago

We should invest more also in more graduate programs to attract and create more talents for high paying jobs

Marina
8 hours ago

Miami Dade College could become like NYU if they expand their programs and build up more campuses. They sure plenty of room to build downtown.

Dexter
8 hours ago

They should pair up with NYU or some other major name.

Community College Cred
6 hours ago

They should pair up with Harvard and teach brain surgery to the 700-SAT score kids at MDC.

Dan
4 hours ago

Lol

Anonymous
5 hours ago

Oh sure, and a Kia is a Bentley.

Anonymous
6 hours ago

Miami greatly needs to attract more students (undergraduate and graduate) to have a greater pool of young professionals long term. I am a young professional at a large fortune 100 company in Miami and the only promotion opportunities are in NYC. I am really hoping more companies bring jobs and talent here because we need more young professionals. Miami needs to become a place where you make something of yourself here and not just place to hang out after you already made it big.

Miami paying for Tallahassee decisions
4 hours ago

Sadly I think with the amendments not passing, it’s going to be more challenging to attract universities, young professionals, and big companies. Anyone who says this is not true doesn’t understand how these organizations are run

Anon
3 hours ago

So, you think investment bankers and IT managers won’t relocate to Florida because pot is illegal and their women can’t get abortions? Think again. 80 degree winters and no state tax go a long way in the world.

Anonymous
5 hours ago

PRIVATE schools don’t need PUBLIC investment…

truee
8 hours ago

And extremely underfunded public schools, being robbed of even basic necessities.

Brickell
7 hours ago

For Ken, and the Gov, that’s a feature, not a bug

Nov 6 is Liberal Tears Day
6 hours ago

MDC public schools have plenty of money. The problems are what’s being taught and the idiot kids that attend them.

Anonymous
5 hours ago

Not to mention all the money begged for is squandered by the school board and teachers union, never making it to the kids or rank-and-file teachers.

Downtowner
8 hours ago

Here’s a radical notion: Try a public school.

Anonymous
6 hours ago

Florida’s public school magnet programs are among the best in the country, with many alumni achieving remarkable success—such as Grammy-winning music careers, groundbreaking work in civil rights law, professional sports achievements, Tony-nominated Broadway performances, and even receiving the Medal of Honor for military service.

Anon
6 hours ago

Who needs a magnet program education when you can go through life using ChatGPT?

Anonymous
5 hours ago

Oh please. I’m public school educated too, but my success has been in spite of that, not because of that. I would send my kids to private school in a heartbeat if I had any.

Anonymous
5 hours ago

Would you send your children, which you probably have none of and never will, to Edison? That’s what I thought…

Anon
3 hours ago

What about Palmetto or Kropp? Keep thinking….

Anon
1 hour ago

Yes, public schools are an option, also investments in new private schools. If there is demand they should build them.

Anonymous
8 hours ago

Don’t worry, Trump will fix it. LOL

Anonymous
7 hours ago

Trump supported Amendment 3 (marijuana), which won the popular vote but didn’t meet DeSantis’s threshold or get his backing. It’ll be interesting to see the divide between the liberal and conservative sides of the Republican party, as Trump’s moderate social policies seem to align more with Florida’s mainstream in both parties.

Anonymous
5 hours ago

Umm, that’s State law that requires an amendment to receive sixty percent of the vote, and has been for years. Presumably, you didn’t know that.

Taxed Out
6 hours ago

There’s also a country club shortage. Woah is me.

Taxed Out
6 hours ago

Woe**

Anonymous
4 hours ago

WPB is getting a Vandy school. Maybe Miami can get a Notre Dame one? Especially an architecture program…

Anonn
1 hour ago

UMiami already has an Architecture program. Used to be one of the very few schools that taught more traditional architecture, along with ND. Now it’s all fantasy land design

educated privately
3 hours ago

good private schools are in broward and west palm

Ramona
2 hours ago

what happened to the Avenue school plans some nyc investors were putting together for Miami ?

Joe
7 hours ago

That’s a money making idea right there.

Home School Valedictorians
8 hours ago

He can afford to have someone come in and homeschool his kids.

Anon
7 hours ago

He’s concerned about his employees and their families.

Anonymous
7 hours ago

It shouldn’t be too hard for them to find somewhere that will take their $40k/yr in tuition checks that are burning holes in their pockets.

Anon
6 hours ago

Did you have a tear in your eye when you typed that? I did reading it.

Anonymous
7 hours ago

If the state focused less on banning books and bullying liberal parents and teachers, and eased restrictions that create a challenging environment for teachers, allowing them to teach freely and authentically, we might retain more educators.

Anonymous
5 hours ago

Gender ideology and CRT… truly the most competitive studies for a lucrative job market.