Has anyone ever started a school before? Am I insane for even considering this?
here's the situation: Jade currently attends my ideal school. I love everything about this school. It is small, private-and sort of has an unschooling, child-centered philosophy. The kids are outside much of the day-they do organic gardening, they build things, they have animals, they cook, they learn about other cultures, go on amazing field trips, have really nurturing teachers, the parents are pretty radically progressive for the most part, as is the school-they dance, have tons of art and music lessons. My daughter comes home every day covered in dirt and paint, and she has learned so much. She became a reader this year! I mean, this school is just perfect.
and last week, we found out the director of the school is going to sell it, and from what i understand, the new owners will not be keeping the philosophy of the school the same, and most likely, the tuition will skyrocket.
So now we have alot of just completely heartbroken parents-i've literally seen many of them in tears. We all know there is nothing else like this school in Miami. the public schools here suck, and the private schools are really very traditional (uniforms, sitting at a desk all day memorizing rote facts, etc.) and incredibly expensive. Like try 10 grand and up for preschool!
so i've been talking with some other moms, and noone knows what they are going to do next year, everyone is really freaking. So I thought-why not start a parent collective school? We could try and hire some of the teachers from our current school-since they will not be kept on-find a site, and start a school with the same philosophy? something a little more formal than a homeschooling group. We could pay the same tuition that we currently pay, and probably pay the teachers more then they are making now.
Am I insane????? Has anyone done anything similar?
here's the situation: Jade currently attends my ideal school. I love everything about this school. It is small, private-and sort of has an unschooling, child-centered philosophy. The kids are outside much of the day-they do organic gardening, they build things, they have animals, they cook, they learn about other cultures, go on amazing field trips, have really nurturing teachers, the parents are pretty radically progressive for the most part, as is the school-they dance, have tons of art and music lessons. My daughter comes home every day covered in dirt and paint, and she has learned so much. She became a reader this year! I mean, this school is just perfect.
and last week, we found out the director of the school is going to sell it, and from what i understand, the new owners will not be keeping the philosophy of the school the same, and most likely, the tuition will skyrocket.
So now we have alot of just completely heartbroken parents-i've literally seen many of them in tears. We all know there is nothing else like this school in Miami. the public schools here suck, and the private schools are really very traditional (uniforms, sitting at a desk all day memorizing rote facts, etc.) and incredibly expensive. Like try 10 grand and up for preschool!
so i've been talking with some other moms, and noone knows what they are going to do next year, everyone is really freaking. So I thought-why not start a parent collective school? We could try and hire some of the teachers from our current school-since they will not be kept on-find a site, and start a school with the same philosophy? something a little more formal than a homeschooling group. We could pay the same tuition that we currently pay, and probably pay the teachers more then they are making now.
Am I insane????? Has anyone done anything similar?
