Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: a community built around a school

[Jenny Williams (jlgw]

Check out Civano in Tucson, AZ.  It isn't a cohousing community, but it
is an intentional community, and they have an elementary school for
their community.  Interesting place.

jenny

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mydlack, Daniel J. [mailto:dmydlack [at] towson.edu] 
> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 6:21 AM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ a community built around a school
> 
> 
> Hello Couhousing List,
> 
> My name is Danny Mydlack and I am forming a cohousing startup 
> in Baltimore, MD.
> 
> I was wondering if I might ask any thoughts you might have on 
> a particular angle towards cohousing (as you have experience 
> and insight.)
> 
> We are a group of parents of toddlers who are also building a 
> school. We have decided to solve our school problem by making 
> a 'bigger problem'. To start a cohousing community. We are 
> all committed to cohousing. We have not learned of  any other 
> communities that have formed around the building and running 
> of a school. (The school would be for our kids and also for 
> other local non-cohousers.)
> 
> Essentially, we would be committing a large part of the 
> community-house facility (common in all cohousing) to the school.
> 
> Our school model will be based on the Sudbury Valley School. 
> I am a professor and a documentary film maker who released 
> the film "Voices from the New American Schoolhouse" which was 
> released last year and has received international interest 
> and recognition.
> 
> link:
> 
www.newamericanschoolhouse.com

A trailer of the film can be seen at this site.

We understand that running a 'public' facility in a private community
brings issues and we would design for them.

Our ultimate desire is simple; we want our kids who are learning
together to be able to safely play together afterwards.

Thanks for any thoughts you have.

Danny Mydlack