About Us

SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS

You probably already know that all students at School Without Walls are here because they asked to be here, but you may not know that students were involved in the creation of the school and its development and changes over the years.

School Without Walls has been around for a long time now. Its history goes back to 1968 when a couple of students at Monroe High School presented a proposal to the Principal for a program similar to School Without Walls. The next year, in October of 1969, a group of teachers began to talk about what could be done to help students attain their goal.

These discussions continued for almost a year before they discovered that parents and more students were also talking about the same question. They all joined forces and kept on discussing the kind of school they would like to see. Eventually they developed a proposal for the School Without Walls which was presented to the Superintendent of Schools in January of 1971. On February 4, 1971, the Board of Education approved their proposal and passed a resolution creating the School Without Walls, which opened in September 1971.

So, you see, we - teachers, students, and parents - created our own school. Though the School Without Walls has changed over the years, we have always tried to be true to our beginnings and the changes have almost always been worked out by the entire school community.

Dan Drmacich -- Principal

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