Houston Sudbury School (HSS) was a non-profit private Sudbury school in Spring Branch, Houston, Texas.[1][2] The school served students of ages 6–18 and followed the Sudbury model of self-education.
The democracy was meted out in a weekly school meeting where staff and students discussed and voted on a variety of administrative aspects of the school, including rules. These rules were enforced through a peer justice system called the judicial committee.
History
editThe school was founded in 2016 by Dominique Side and Cara DeBusk and opened in January of that year.[3]
Its original campus was in Independence Heights.[4][5] As of 2017[update] the school had 23 students; two of them identified as transgender, and the student body originated from various socioeconomic and racial groups.[4] It was scheduled to move into another campus in May 2017,[3] located in Acres Homes.[4][6] The school shut down on December 16, 2022. It had six graduates.[7]
See also
edit- List of Sudbury schools
- Sudbury Valley School
- Brazos Valley Sudbury School - Formerly in operation in Waller County, near Houston
References
edit- ^ "Home". Houston Sudbury School. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
7800 Amelia Rd Suite D Houston TX 77055
- ^ "Map" (PDF). Spring Branch Management District. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ^ a b Roberson, Tera "Houston school allows students to make rules"KPRC-TV, Houston, 14 March 2017. Retrieved on 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Asgarian, Roxana (2017-10-02). "At the Houston Sudbury School, the Kids Call the Shots—All of Them". Houstonia. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
On an average Tuesday at an old craftsman-style bungalow in Independence Heights,[...]When we visited, they'd already outgrown their first building in Independence Heights and were set to relocate to a bigger space in Acres Homes.
- ^ "About". Houston Sudbury School. 2016-01-08. Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
Location: 610 loop and Yale Street
- ^ Home. Houston Sudbury School. Retrieved on March 4, 2019. "1936 Dolly Wright St. Houston TX 77088 "
- ^ "Houston Sudbury School". Facebook.
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