Even Silicon Valley’s most powerful figure has learned that zoning laws don’t bend easily. After four years of complaints, investigations, and furious late-night emails, Mark Zuckerberg has finally been forced to shut down an unlicensed private school operating inside his lavish Palo Alto compound. The Meta CEO’s secretive project, affectionately named after one of the family’s pet chickens, sparked a full-blown neighbourhood rebellion. The school, known as the “Bicken Ben School”, had quietly been running since 2021, serving around 30 to 40 children in a Montessori-style programme.
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It all started innocently enough.
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