F Delany New School In Asheville, NC
They are Francine Delany New School for Children — a place for strong learning. You can see the difference as soon as you walk into their classrooms. Students are involved, invested and immersed in their learning and community. They are challenged to think critically, to reach ambitious academic goals with confidence, and to value the principles of social justice. They learn the self-motivation needed to work independently and the cooperation needed to work well in groups. They are Francine Delany New School for Children — a place for exceptional teaching. Their teachers are dedicated to their students and passionate about their teaching. Rather than teach from pre-packaged, commercial programs, their teachers invest in strengthening their school’s curriculum and deepening their own knowledge of how students learn, classroom management and organization, curriculum and assessment and North Carolina’s Standard Course of Study. Their teachers tailor their work with individual students to help them become independent, responsible, and confident learners. Their program of study encourages and values creativity and curiosity. They are Francine Delany New School for Children — a place for caring community. The mutual trust and respect of the teacher-student relationship forms the foundation of a nurturing learning community where students learn the effective use of conflict resolution skills, the impact of good vs. poor choices, and the importance of respect for others.
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They are Francine Delany New School for Children — a place to believe in.
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A Brief History of Francine Delany New School For Children
In 1996, in response to ever-louder demands for public education reform, the North Carolina legislature passed the Charter School Law, allowing public funds to be used to operate up to 100 newly-created independent public schools. Francine Delany New School for Children, at 119 Brevard Road just off of Haywood Road in West Asheville, was part of the first wave of these innovative public schools of choice, and its become one of the movement�s success stories, and a leader in alternative public education.
FDNSC was started by a group of seven dedicated teachers who wanted to create a public school that would put children and learning first. The plan was to begin as a K-5 school, and add a grade the next three years, heading for a K-8 school with 140 students. The Charter School law made no provision for start-up funds, so teachers put their houses and nest-eggs as collateral to get the site up and running. Everyone worked incredibly hard, but still, the site wasn't quite ready when September, 1997 rolled around. In a wonderful gesture of community support, New Mount Olive Baptist Church opened its heart and its facilities to them, and for a little over a month, students and staff worked together, setting up classrooms in various little rooms Sunday evenings, teaching all week, and, Friday afternoons, packing up the school stuff in car trunks and turning the spaces back into a church. On October 19, a day they celebrate each year as the school's spiritual birthday, they finally moved into their current location at 119 Brevard Road.
The school was named after Francine Delany, a wonderful local educator and principal, who always did right by the children in her schools, and who gave the teachers she worked with the freedom and encouragement to be their best. She worked with many of the folks who started this school, and her passing coincided with the beginnings of this school, so it seemed appropriate to honor her this way.
Each year of operations has brought unique challenges and successes, and sufficient funding will always be a problem. Overall, however, the students they have sent to local high schools are doing wonderfully, their students' state test scores continue to place them with the best of Asheville City's public schools, they continue to retain their excellent, highly-trained staff, and their recent victory in the NC Supreme Court has helped make them an increasingly influential model for successful public school reform. They look forward to many more years of service to their school's community of learners, and to their community at large.
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