Houston Sudbury School (HSS) is a non-profit private
Sudbury school in
Spring Branch,
Houston
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,
Texas
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. The school serves students of ages 6–18 and follows the
Sudbury model of self-education.
The democracy is meted out in a weekly school meeting where staff and students discuss and vote on a variety of administrative aspects of the school, including rules. These rules are enforced through a peer justice system called the judicial committee.
History
The school was founded in 2016 by Dominique Side and Cara DeBusk and opened in January of that year.
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"Houston school allows students to make rules"
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Its original campus was in
Independence Heights.
the school had 23 students; two of them identified as transgender, and the student body originated from various socioeconomic and racial groups.
[ It was scheduled to move into another campus in May 2017,][ located in ]Acres Homes
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.[Home]
Houston Sudbury School. Retrieved on March 4, 2019. "1936 Dolly Wright St. Houston TX 77088 "
See also
* List of Sudbury schools
Sudbury schools practice a form of schooling in which students individually decide what to do with their time, and learn as a by-product of ordinary experience rather than through classes or a standard curriculum. Students have complete responsibi ...
* Sudbury Valley School
The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 by a community of people in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2019, there are several schools that state that they are based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Australia, Belgi ...
* Brazos Valley Sudbury School - Formerly in operation in Waller County, near Houston
References
External links
Houston Sudbury School
Private K-12 schools in Houston
Sudbury Schools
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