Founders. Our vision for a charter school using Waldorf-trained teachers and Waldorf methods began three years ago. The Wood River Valley is home to one of only two Waldorf schools in Idaho. For the past 7 years, a non-profit private school located in Bellevue, Idaho, The Mountain School, has educated children of the Wood River Valley. With the downturn in the economy over these past three years, the school is slated to close its doors. A group of interested, passionate and active parents and staff began to investigate founding a public Waldorf school that would bring this methodology into the public arena. Through their research, they uncovered the national burgeoning public Waldorf charter school movement and began communicating with schools in Colorado, California, Washington and Oregon. Recognizing that traditional school settings work well for most children but not all, this group is now presenting this petition to diversify the educational opportunities for students and parents in the Wood River Valley through establishing Syringa Mountain School. The Founders of Syringa Mountain School represent a larger group of interested and committed parents, educators, and community members (See Appendix D).
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