A shortage of private school openings in South Florida is prompting wealthy families to build new campuses for their children.
Real-estate developer Jeff Greene spent $50 million to build The Greene School, which features advanced classes such as aeronautics and costs $50,000 a year in tuition.
Other wealthy individuals, including Stephen Ross and Adam Neumann, are also developing new schools, with some facing community pushback.
He recruited Karen Yung from ElevateED, a private school nonprofit, to run the Wellington school, called Wingrove Academy. She hired as chief executive Jeff Clark, the former president of Avenues School, an international private school that opened its first location in Manhattan in 2012.