Business is booming for San Francisco private schools

San Francisco’s downtown may be turning into a ghost town as businesses flee the crime and homelessness the “City by the Bay” has become synonymous with, but business is booming at the city’s private schools as no fewer than nine schools are undergoing expansions.

La Scuola International School (tuition $43,675) is adding nine classrooms, offices, and dining and kitchen space that will boost enrollment from 191 to 475 while increasing staff from 54 to 96.