One town taking back their children's education

Started by Solars Toy, September 13, 2021, 06:45:58 AM

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Solars Toy

Imagine if more "small" towns became involved/inspired to do the same.

The new public school went from idea to reality in just one year, opening K-8 with plans to grow into high school. As a classical school, it offers a low-screen, high-relationship environment and a focus on creative and critical thinking through careful attention to classic works and traditional approaches to math and science. These are things parents wanted that weren't available through the Woodland Park School District, which like many in the nation has become computer-centered over the last several years.

They inspired others to get involved...

Merit eventually settled into a temporary location at a local church for its first month while a former hardware store and Quizno's storefront is remodeled to suit their needs. "Our dean is working at a desk in the hallway right now because there are no more classrooms," Dill noted.

When board members looked at the empty storefront– one of the few available buildings in town large enough for a school — they wondered where the kids could do recess. In the parking lot?

The local Catholic priest got wind and came over to offer his church's athletic field right next door. "The priest is from Poland. He said, 'The education of the youth is the only way we're going to save this country; you use my athletic field for your recess,'" Dill said. The parents got together to build a staircase over the school's retaining wall so kids could reach the field to play.


And the best for last...

 Keeping politics out of school is also important to many families who have chosen Merit.

"Elsewhere there is a lot of politics and the deciding of the classes and the curriculum," said board president Nicole Waggoner, the rock-climbing entrepreneur. "People up here are sick of that. You have a community with a certain set of values that don't feel like their values are being represented in their kids' educational choices."

Pekron called herself "a parent who prefers that education is not political, of any kind" and said that personal commitment is one of the reasons she supports the school.


https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/13/how-rural-colorado-parents-created-a-no-politics-public-school-in-just-one-year/
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T Hunt

Quote from: Solars Toy on September 13, 2021, 06:45:58 AMImagine if more "small" towns became involved/inspired to do the same.

The new public school went from idea to reality in just one year, opening K-8 with plans to grow into high school. As a classical school, it offers a low-screen, high-relationship environment and a focus on creative and critical thinking through careful attention to classic works and traditional approaches to math and science. These are things parents wanted that weren't available through the Woodland Park School District, which like many in the nation has become computer-centered over the last several years.

They inspired others to get involved...

Merit eventually settled into a temporary location at a local church for its first month while a former hardware store and Quizno's storefront is remodeled to suit their needs. "Our dean is working at a desk in the hallway right now because there are no more classrooms," Dill noted.

When board members looked at the empty storefront– one of the few available buildings in town large enough for a school — they wondered where the kids could do recess. In the parking lot?

The local Catholic priest got wind and came over to offer his church's athletic field right next door. "The priest is from Poland. He said, 'The education of the youth is the only way we're going to save this country; you use my athletic field for your recess,'" Dill said. The parents got together to build a staircase over the school's retaining wall so kids could reach the field to play.


And the best for last...

 Keeping politics out of school is also important to many families who have chosen Merit.

"Elsewhere there is a lot of politics and the deciding of the classes and the curriculum," said board president Nicole Waggoner, the rock-climbing entrepreneur. "People up here are sick of that. You have a community with a certain set of values that don't feel like their values are being represented in their kids' educational choices."

Pekron called herself "a parent who prefers that education is not political, of any kind" and said that personal commitment is one of the reasons she supports the school.


https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/13/how-rural-colorado-parents-created-a-no-politics-public-school-in-just-one-year/

More and more parents are standing up to the schools.
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walkstall

Quote from: T Hunt on September 13, 2021, 11:26:55 AMMore and more parents are standing up to the schools.

Teachers union & Government also.
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Mimsy

Wow, a place where children can go to get an education free from Marxism, perversion, and racist BS!? What a concept. :thumbsup: