About

Our Staff

Dave Heighington 

School Director

"We are reimagining education together. I've been fortunate to be at the forefront of education across the country and have seen what authentic learning looks, sounds, and feels like. Everyone has a place at the table. Whether you're a student, parent, staff, or community member, you belong here. That's what we're building together.”

Sam Neisen

Outreach Coordinator

“I was lucky in my career to work
with excellent colleagues and students at a prestigious, large, suburban high school for about three years.  There we had the chance to engage students in deep thinking about who they were, what was the world, and how to operate in it.  Sadly, that opportunity was lost. For three years I saw a system and a bureaucracy rule -- a system that was solely focused on efficiency and standardization.  The reign of a system of efficiency harmed students.  It created inauthentic and arbitrary stress for students working on tasks that had little to no standing in the rest of the world let alone their future life.”

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