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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 04:24 PM
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Dick DeVos launching aviation-themed charter high school - Could it be Amway Air?
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/03/dick_devos_launching_aviation-.html

Dick DeVos launching aviation-themed charter high school at Ford Airport this fall
By Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press
March 25, 2010, 10:00AM
Katy Batdorff | The Grand Rapids Press


GRAND RAPIDS -- Dick DeVos says he's merging his two passions -- flying and education -- for an aviation-themed charter high school to open on Gerald R. Ford International Airport property this fall.

"If you're the kind of person who can't help but look up when you hear a plane overhead, then you're exactly the kind of person who will love this school," said DeVos, the son of the Amway co-founder and philanthropist Rich DeVos.

The West Michigan Aviation Academy is planned to open this fall with 60 freshmen, with a goal of adding a grade each year. Former East Grand Rapids High Principal Patrick Cwayna will be at the helm.

Cwayna said the school will have lessons based around themes of flying and maintaining planes, as well as running an aviation business. While there are four aviation-themed high schools in the country -- including one in Detroit -- DeVos' project, announced Thursday, is believed to be the first charter school.

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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 04:29 PM
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1. Yeah, he gets a few pilots to recruit a few other people to recruit a few other people...
Before you know it, they'll be BEGGING terrorists to fly their planes to support the pyramid scheme.

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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 05:09 PM
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3. There actually was a pyramid scheme about 30 years ago
that was called "Airplane".
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 04:49 PM
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2. Aha! Didn't Erik Prince say he wanted to teach high school when he left Blackwater?
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 11:54 AM
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5. A Blackwater Charter High School would not surprise me.
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 05:09 PM
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4. Oh that's what we all need
MLM cults running schools. Are they going to be selling motivational materials to train pilots? Fucking spiffy.
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piratefish08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 11:58 AM
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6. Drawing Circles on a Whiteboard 101?
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