FreeSkoolPlanningArchive

Community Meetings

Goals

• Hold two community meetings, one in North Oakland and one in Fruitvale.
• Talk honestly and openly with community members (including parent, kids) about their desires and interests for schooling.

Dates

• April 28-30

Possible Locations

See ../ClassLocations

Closed North Oakland Schools

• Washington Elementary

  • 581 61st Street, Oakland, CA

  • 510-879-1610
• Golden Gate

  • 6200 San Pablo, Oakland, CA

  • 510-879-1200

Closed East Oakland Schools

• School of Social Justice

  • 8501 International Boulevard, Oakland, CA

  • 510-879-8582

Phoning

• Volunteer run community organization
• Setting up a community based free education program for the summer for both children and adults
• Want to meet members of the community to find out their wants
• Need space for 2-3 hours
  • Saturday April 30 4pm
  • Thursday April 28 7pm
• Classes
  • ESL
  • Mental Health Support Group
  • Kids (Art, Drama, Science)

Meeting Structure

• A table with markers, crayons, paper and books will provided for (bored) kids and adults.
• If more than 15-20 people show up, break up the meeting into smaller groups (10-20 people).
• Go around and do introductions
  • My name is...
  • The reason why I am here is because...
• Begin general discussion bringing up the following topics:
  • Current state of the Oakland public schools
  • History of public education and its uses
  • History of the Free School movement

  • Ideas and possibilites for the East Bay FreeSkool

• If we broke up into smaller groups, reconverge into a larger group
• Close with a shorter discussion while asking the following questions:

  • What do you want from the East Bay FreeSkool?

  • What can you offer the East Bay FreeSkool?

Flyer

Description

• The flyer will include the following:
  • "The Free School is coming"
  • "Community education"
  • "Volunter-run organization"
  • "Kids welcome" (no child care is offered)
  • "Classes start June 1st"
  • Location, time and date
  • Supported languages: English, Spanish and Cantonese
• The flyer will be have two flavors and three languages
  • Fullsize and quarter-size flavors
  • English, Spanish and Cantonese languages
• We will attempt to make the flyer cool while not using our "local aesthetic"

Text

• Why is the cost of learning so high?

• 

• The Barrington Collective is starting a Free School!
• What is a Free School?
  • The classes are free.
  • The education is guided by the students, the teachers and the community.
  • Anyone can be a student; anyone can be a teacher.
  • People learn what they want; people teach what they want.
  • It works and there are many types of Free Schools. One example is the Free School is Albany, New York that has been running successfully for last 36 years.
• Another way is possible...
• Quote
  • "Rulers have always taken care to control the education of the people, they know better than anyone else that their power is based almost entirely on the school, and they therefore insist on retaining their monopoly on it." - Francisco Ferrer
• We want...
  • We want to know what you think about the Free School.
  • We want to know what you want to learn. Kids, you too!
  • We're looking for new teachers and students.
  • We're looking for people who want to help us.
• Meeting

  • Location

  • Date

  • TIme

  • Kids Welcome!
• Contact Us

  • Email: freeskool@barringtoncollective.org

  • Web Site: http://barringtoncollective.org/FreeSkool

Door to Door Map Plans

TO BE DONE

Other

• A child liability waiver will be drafted, just in case