Basic Information
Location:
1959 Sandy Ln.
Fort Worth, TX 76112
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 am- 4:00 pm
Ages:
Fort Worth Sudbury School serves students ages 5-18.
School Closings:
Indigenous Peoples' Day:
10/7/22 - 10/10/22
Winter Break:
12/19/22 - 1/1/23
Spring Break:
3/6/23 - 3/10/23
Last Day of 2022-2023 School Year:
Friday 5/26/23
Our campus includes classrooms, kitchen, fenced in playground, green space, gardening space, and the school is across the street from a public park. We lease space from First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, but have no affiliation with the church.
1959 Sandy Ln.
Fort Worth, TX 76112
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 am- 4:00 pm
Ages:
Fort Worth Sudbury School serves students ages 5-18.
School Closings:
Indigenous Peoples' Day:
10/7/22 - 10/10/22
Winter Break:
12/19/22 - 1/1/23
Spring Break:
3/6/23 - 3/10/23
Last Day of 2022-2023 School Year:
Friday 5/26/23
Our campus includes classrooms, kitchen, fenced in playground, green space, gardening space, and the school is across the street from a public park. We lease space from First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, but have no affiliation with the church.
Requirements
What is required of students?
Full time students are expected to:
Graduation requirements:
Students shall be enrolled for a minimum of 18 months prior to their graduation.
Internship
Students will complete a three month internship within a profession or activity of their choosing. What constitutes an internship is left to the student to argue in their defense.
Graduation Defense
Students will present a graduation defense to a board of School Meeting approved adults. There should be five adults on the graduation board. If a graduation board is not chosen, the adult school board serves as default. Adults cannot be an immediate family member or have an existing non-professional relationship with the student. Any member of the student’s friends or family, or members of the school community can attend the graduation defense but are not voting members of the graduation board. Students will either read their defense or create a visual representation of their defense to be presented. The defense should explain what the student gained from attendance at the school, how their education has set them up for the next steps of adulthood, and how their mentorship impacted the decisions they have made about their next steps. The board will vote, by majority rule, whether to promote each student to graduate status.
Appeal
A student who is not satisfied with the board’s decision may appeal to the School Meeting, where they must present their defense to the School Meeting, and students must agree to allow graduation by a two-thirds majority.
Full time students are expected to:
- Attend school for a minimum of 2 days per week (school is open from 8:00-4:00 Mon-Fri) Up to ten personal days are allowed and vacations/pre-planned events can be approved as 'no count' absences by School Meeting.
- Participate in daily school meeting (Pop-in) when present
- Serve on Judicial Committee, if assigned
- Follow school rules or consequences as administered by the Judicial Committee
Graduation requirements:
Students shall be enrolled for a minimum of 18 months prior to their graduation.
Internship
Students will complete a three month internship within a profession or activity of their choosing. What constitutes an internship is left to the student to argue in their defense.
Graduation Defense
Students will present a graduation defense to a board of School Meeting approved adults. There should be five adults on the graduation board. If a graduation board is not chosen, the adult school board serves as default. Adults cannot be an immediate family member or have an existing non-professional relationship with the student. Any member of the student’s friends or family, or members of the school community can attend the graduation defense but are not voting members of the graduation board. Students will either read their defense or create a visual representation of their defense to be presented. The defense should explain what the student gained from attendance at the school, how their education has set them up for the next steps of adulthood, and how their mentorship impacted the decisions they have made about their next steps. The board will vote, by majority rule, whether to promote each student to graduate status.
Appeal
A student who is not satisfied with the board’s decision may appeal to the School Meeting, where they must present their defense to the School Meeting, and students must agree to allow graduation by a two-thirds majority.