My sentiments are that although BH has good intentions, I honestly feel that as a taxpayer myself, I do not feel that taxpayer money is being used wisely... I mean it cant be cheap to run huge tanks like that.
While research for education purposes is one thing, but to propogate and sell corals from these school tanks sounds really off the key as a school. While they are about that, they can probably research into better cha kway teow and sell them too. Might sell better as well.
Sorry BH, appreciate your good intentions in conserving reefs but I think your ambition of setting up a research station in a school - in a commercial sense or research sense may have to be carefully though out. Commercial - u probably need a licence and AVA aint gonna grant that to a school. Research - u need huge funds to run those tanks but since u probably cant sell, how to justify the running costs? Plus u have to think about how the public will react to this being run in a school...?