Our mission in pursuit of that vision is to build a thriving community of people reflecting Fresno’s diversity of races, ages, physical abilities, ethnicities, religious practices, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, and gender expressions. 

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We use our practices of Self-Directed Education to name and disrupt racism, classism, ageism, sexism, homophobia, and all forms of oppression as we care for ourselves, one another, our wider community, and all humans. 

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We support Self-Directed Education in an environment that encourages children to create activities and experiences that help them make connections and design their own learning path. Through empathy-based communication, trust-centered decision making, shared and visible workload, and the cultural work of deschooling, we intend to liberate self and community from stories of domination to become a possibility for others on the path towards collective freedom.

We believe children are people, and people should be free.