Elite For-Profit Schools Chase a Growing Market
Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times
Kristin Geiger, director of admissions, and William Phelps, headmaster, at the British International School of New York.
By JENNY ANDERSON
Published: September 21, 2010
The British International School of New York offers spacious waterfront classrooms, small computers encased in rubber for small people who tend to drop them, and a pool for the once-a-week swimming classes required for all students.
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But there is nothing within its halls or on its Web site that indicates what differentiates British International from the teeming masses of expensive private schools in New York: It is run for profit.
It is one of a small number of large for-profit schools that have opened recently or plan to open in New York City next year. While they are a speck on the