Help Seraphine stay at Neighborhood Schoolhouse!

My child, Seraphine, started Kindergarten at a public school in Brattleboro Vermont that was unfortunately not able to meet her social and emotional needs.

We both found the behavioral interventions in the public school to be traumatic.  After trying repeatedly to make it work, I ended up withdrawing her from the school.

She just completed a successful year at a small private school in the woods, Neighborhood Schoolhouse, which holds a learning philosophy "that children require as much respect as adults; that students need a say in what and how they learn; that understanding oneself and finding a meaningful purpose in the world is the ultimate goal of education. "

The school has mixed-age groupings and spends a good portion of every school day outside, playing and working on projects. She studied folk dancing, made bows and arrows, helped build shelters in the woods, and dug a really big hole in the name of science and exploration.


I have been struggling with chronic migraines for the past two years, and I've had to decrease how much I work. I'm applying for disability, which takes time, and money is currently very tight.

We pay $285 per month after financial aid for Seraphine to attend Neighborhood. Our annual contribution is $3000 in tuition. If I can bring that down to just $1000, I'll be able to pay just $100 per month, which is an amount I believe we can afford. Please help support this kid's awesome journey in the least restrictive environment available to us.