Arthur Morgan school is a day/boarding school for 7-9th graders. It’s also an intensely communal place where most full time staff members live on campus in community with each other and practice consensus decision making, live in shared housing, share the majority of maintenance and grounds work, administer the educational program without a head of school, receive very similar salaries, and share many meals together.
We’re located within a larger ecovillage northwest of Asheville, North Carolina, on a property surrounded by streams and National Forrest land. We are mostly “on grid,” though we do have a solar field and generally heat with wood from the property.
The educational program is a progressive mix of outdoor education, vocational and trade skills, and liberal arts, delivered by teachers with lots of curricular freedom who tend to tailor the program to the students they have in any given year.
The mission of Arthur Morgan School is to provide a safe and loving environment where students in grades 7, 8, and 9 learn to question and evaluate, think creatively and work independently and cooperatively, while sharing in a community that honors simplicity, respect, responsibility and thoughtful consideration.
The mission of Arthur Morgan School is to provide a safe and loving environment where students in grades 7, 8, and 9 learn to question and evaluate, think creatively and work independently and cooperatively, while sharing in a community that honors simplicity, respect, responsibility and thoughtful consideration.
There are many roles (full time staff, part time staff, houseparent-only, teaching intern, garden intern, renter, etc.) and most of them are open on a rolling basis, except for new students, who join in the fall excepting unusual circumstances. We’re a place that both has a strong history of keeping certain roles and experiments with new roles frequently. Our average turnover might be something like 5 years, but there have been many people who have stayed much longer as well as many people that have passed through in a year or two. The interview process for each role is different, with full time staff hires being the most formal.
A call or an email to discuss the terms an purpose of the visit would be typical. Prospective students and staff can apply directly and visit as an interview, or visit informally first to determine whether they wish to apply.
The whole membership decides collectively.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.
Labor required: 50 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes
Full time staff receive a salary for their work in the school. Interns receives a smaller stipend, and generally only renters not involved in the school pay for housing. Our Health Care situation is in transmission currently.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Stage or Auditorium, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Recreational vehicles, Waterfront access, Gym or sports area, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
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