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Freie Schule
Leipzig
Phone: 493413013343
E-mail:
fsl.lindenhof@t-online.de
Address: Am Lindenhof 22, Leipzig, 04277
Contact: Uta Kursawe, Henrik Ebenbeck
Website:
www.freie-schule-leipzig.de
Founding Year: 1990
Ages Served: 6-12
Estimated Number of Students: 73
Funding: Public / Private
Description:
The Freie Schule Leipzig was founded in 1990,
just before German Reunification, as the first
alternative school in the former East Germany.
Now, we are a school with 73 children, ages 6 to
12, and 9 staff members. We are currently in the
process of expanding in both directions to
include grades K through 10.
Our educational philosophy has developed over
the past fifteen years, inspired by many other
schools and educational reformers as well as our
own trials and errors. Basically, we see
ourselves as a dynamic learning community where
each individual has the right to learn whenever,
however, and whatever s/he wants. Matters that
concern the entire school body are discussed as
a group and voted on democratically in weekly
school meetings. The school body is divided into
four age-mixed groups, each with about 15
children and two staff members. These groups
meet every morning to discuss various issues.
Some regular courses are offered (these include,
at the moment, woodworking, baking, pottery,
math, German and English), but, as with all
group and school meetings, attendance is
optional. Students spend most of their time
engaged in self-directed activities. The doors
of the school are open from 7:30pm to 5:00pm.
Tuition is low due to state funding, enabling us
to accept any applicant, regardless of financial
means. Roughly 40 % of the students come from
"low income" families who qualify for free
schooling by the state.
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