| Location |
261 Winbourne Rd, Rochester NY, 14619 ![[Directions]](/wiki/dd-start.png "Click for driving, walking, or bus directions from Google"){kind=small} |
| Phone |
| 585 219 8949 |
| <rochesteropenschool AT gmail DOT com> |
| Website |
![[WWW]](https://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} http://OpenSchool.RocUS.org |
The Open School of Rochester (aka Open Learning Foundation) is a nonprofit foundation named after the UK Foundation of the same name. The UK foundation is dedicated to creating a non-compulsory educational alternatives and inspired the Summerhill and Sudbury Valley School. The Rochester foundation was formed in 2008 by local parents seeking a similar educational experience for their own children. The Foundation is currently focused on recruiting a group of founding families with which to launch the Rochester Open School in the Fall of 2009.
The Open School of Rochester is a private school under development in 2008 to create a non-compulsory educational alternative for the Rochester area. See their About Us for the schools open learning concept and implementation.
Notes and References
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D&C Article of August 7, 2008 - "At Open School of Rochester, students learn to teach themselves" - had lots of comments on the original online article (no longer available).
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2013-12-22 14:52:45 Website gone and no reference on-line in last 4 years - GBNF? —jgerek
