Sudbury Valley School, in Framingham, Massachusetts, opened in 1968 as the first fully democratic school in the United States, serving students from four to nineteen with no fixed curriculum and no mandatory classes. Students and staff hold equal votes in a direct-democracy School Meeting, and the school became the founding model for the international Sudbury school movement. It was founded by a group including Daniel Greenberg, Hanna Greenberg, Joan Rubin and Mimsy Sadofsky rather than by any single founder.
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Do students at Sudbury Valley School have to attend the School Meeting?
Attendance at the School Meeting is optional; students choose when and how to take part.
No. The school states that participation in its School Meeting is not mandatory and that students choose when and how to take part. Many students attend regularly, while others come when a matter is important to them, so the equal vote that every student and staff member holds is one they can use when they want to rather than a duty to attend every session.
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1. Sudbury Valley School (Wikipedia)
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The Sudbury Valley School is a private school founded in 1968 by a community of people in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States.
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The Sudbury Valley School is a private school founded in 1968 by a community of people in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States.
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The Sudbury Valley School is a private school founded in 1968.
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Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 by a community of people including Daniel Greenberg, Joan Rubin, Mimsy Sadofsky and Hanna Greenberg in Framingham.
Sudbury Valley School article, Massachusetts location
2 Winch Street, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Associated With: Democratic Education, Sudbury Valley School article, Government section
The corporation is wholly owned and operated by the School Meeting, in which each student and each elected member of the staff has one vote.
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