Outdoors Learning Renews a District in Adirondacks

School Administrator, Feb, 1994 by Barbara B. Kearns

We've also confronted time costs and increased levels of personal stress among staff, students, parents, board members, and the extended community. However, two years into our program we have grown beyond crisis intervention and confrontation and now trust in consensus to guide our academic activities.

Even if outside students are not attracted to Newcomb, local students are receiving a better education than they did three years ago. Our small district is a laboratory for larger systems to use as a model for decentralization. Newcomb has become a total learning community by developing communication, collaboration, and curriculum skills. We have moved from a state of decline to a vital educational environment responsive to the student customer.