Alpha School quietly launches microsite hours after exposé, indirectly confirming the reporting
benjaminjriley · x · 2026-09-09
At the very same time journalist Benjamin Riley published his investigation into student life at Alpha School's high school boot camp, co-founder MacKenzie Price tweeted and launched a new microsite hosted on Vercel — whose creation date IT specialists couldn't determine. Notably, the school never pointed Riley to the site despite repeated requests for comment.
The microsite lists 18 required "life skills" as prerequisites for deeper work, and includes every boot camp activity identified in Riley's report — indirectly confirming the entirety of his reporting. Riley notes this is the first time Price or any administrator has publicly addressed the boot camp, and says student responses are coming next.
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