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This mode of learning looks very different from other school
models. Indoors, the kids, young adults, and adults all share the
same comfortable space, pursuing their activities individually and
in groups. Play, conversation, and managing the school as a
business all take part simultaneously in the shared space, on
couches and at common tables, in an environment of people who trust
and respect each other. Through the back doors is our small
back yard, beyond which is our expansive 19 acre extended campus,
Patterson Park.
Participatory Democracy Among Equals
By participating in a working democracy, students develop the
ability to make clear, logical arguments and learn how to deal with
complex, ethical issues.The adults, and to a lesser extent the
older students, are typically the most involved in the managerial
process of running the school, whether it be discussing and voting
on motions in meetings, or carrying out the duties of a clerkship.
When the right topic arises though, even the youngest students show
up to have their opinion considered and vote for their own
interest. These duties and meetings are voluntary, but there is one
democratic meeting that everyone is routinely required to attend.
Every School Meeting member is at some point summoned into a
meeting of the Judicial Committee, sometimes to serve on the
committee and sometimes to answer to it. The Judicial Committee
(and ultimately the School Meeting) is THE authority at the school.
These bodies determine the duties and responsibilities of School
Meeting members as well as the bounds of what is acceptable and
unacceptable within the school community.
Complete Intellectual Freedom
At the heart of our method are the beliefs that all interests
and work have equal value and that children, like all people, learn
best when focusing on what interests them. Except for fufilling
their duties to the Judicial Committee, and within high standards
of personal responsibility, students are free to be however,
wherever, whenever and doing whatever they please. The purpose of
staff is not to know what, when, or how the students need to learn,
but to be available for play and conversation, and to offer up
their skills and knowledge for whatever comes up.
Freedom of Association
Age mixing is a natural result of the non-hierarchical
structure of the school. An eight, thirteen and sixteen year old
associate together over the game they all enjoy. The five year old
drags the eighteen year old giggling through an epic, nonsensical
adventure. The sixteen year old informs the twenty-nine year old of
a significant fact of history that was apparently not taught in
school, and online research confirms it to be true. A forty
something, thirty something and fifteen year old look at the data
from the school`s most recent online advertising campaign, and
consider what steps to take next.
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