Why we built a course for small schools

The Small School Project began with a practical question: how do you start a school that stays small on purpose? It is a working guide for founders making those decisions.

Accountability, strong culture, and responsive learning come more easily when every adult and student knows each other by name.

The course gives founders practical frameworks for planning enrollment, staffing, facilities, and community governance. Each module focuses on decisions a founder must actually make.

We favor sustainable, human-scaled growth over rapid expansion. Stewardship of the community matters more than scale for its own sake.