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History
and Licensing
The Learning Community School was founded in 1996 by a small
group of parents and a teacher from Warren Wilson College, who sought to
create a cooperative school for children which integrated experiential
education with outdoor education, the creative arts, and community
service. In 1998, TLC
received its non-profit status and stopped operating as a cooperative,
but maintained its cooperative spirit in that parents are an integral
part of the community. TLC
continues the tradition of experiential, innovative education, which was
started on the very same campus that was home to the historic Black
Mountain College in the 1930’s – 1950’s, which boasted the likes
of Buckminster Fuller and Albert Einstein.
The
Learning Community School is an independent, non-profit school licensed
by the North Carolina Division of Non-public Schools.
We are not a charter school, do not receive any public money, nor
are we subject to public school regulations. We have bi-annual inspections to assure that all regulations
regarding the operation of a private school are being carried out
properly.
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