@Primer CEO. On the side of the builders and the kids.
Joined June 2009
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Wonderful to host @michaelbhorn at Primer Coconut Grove — we cover a lot of ground, including a few minutes inside the classroom for the first time:
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30 years ago my mom founded one of the first microschools in Florida.
Gov. @JebBush fought the early, contrarian battles to unlock that education for our family and millions of others.
Quite a full-circle moment to sit down and discuss the state of US K-12 together:
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We've already helped pass landmark legislation in Florida this session.
SB182 creates a common-sense pathway for new, small schools to open in existing facilities without prohibitive capex investments.
An excellent WSJ piece on the bill: wsj.com/opinion/florida-tack…
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Schools for America will be led by the inimitable @jemcenaney.
She's spent 15 years working on education policy across the US, and is working alongside many of the greatest minds in education land-use, zoning, building code, and fire safety.
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This is the highest-leverage education policy problem to solve over the next decade.
If you're interested in championing Schools for America legislative efforts in your state, or supporting the org more broadly, I'd love to connect you with the team.
schoolsforamerica.org
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Schools for America is a 501(c)(4) that exists to do precisely one thing: unlock more schools across the US.
Our goal is to build most effective political organization in the country at right-sizing and reforming state and local regulations that govern new school openings.
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We banned all models from all Primer marketing.
Every image you see on the new primer.com is a real Primer kid at a real Primer school.
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I am a primer mom with 2 students enrolled . Can’t be happier. Their development is beyond expectations. This is a GREAT school with an amazing learning environment.
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We are pacing towards ~every Primer nationwide being on a waitlist this year.
Real estate is our #1 constraint.
If you have access to educational property (existing / former school, churches, etc.) in Florida, Alabama, Texas, or Arizona — I'd love to chat.
r@primer.com
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I spend a shocking amount of time thinking about land use, zoning, and building code for new Primers.
There's an enormous opportunity to compress multi-month local muni processes into hours with LLM's.
If you're building this, I'd love to invest and connect you with cities & counties who need you.
(Related: unlocking progress in the physical world is a wonderful mission — we need many more founders attacking such problems!)
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