Episode Details

Do you want your kids educated by people who live their values?

In this episode, I speak with Michael Barclay of the Virginia Beach Friends School about how they've overcome challenges in maintaining sustainability and raising standards. We also discuss retention problems—a significant issue among schools today!

Tune into our podcast interview with Headmaster Michael Barclay!

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Highlights of the Episode

• [02:47] So I am a lifelong educator


• [05:54] a rural development USDA Rural Development loan


• [07:46] a now 50 year old guy who's been doing for 10 years


• [09:10] I also taught 10th 11th Grade English at a school


• [11:34] opportunity to pull from a lot of different philosophies


• [13:47] Google friends, counseling, education, they're based out of Philadelphia


• [14:37] my daughter goes to an independent school called Norfolk collegiate


• [16:40] kids will talk about their joys


• [18:55] we really serve a wide swath socioeconomically


• [20:10] 90% of my job is dealing with people's personalities


• [23:09] teachers who come here are really gravitating


• [27:10] grown most like 400% Over the last four years


• [28:27] we have a big experiential program as far as gardening


• [32:15] school has been around since 1955


• [33:16] school has gone through a number of ups and downs


• [36:14] we need the kids to bring X y&z


• [37:56] we were really successful, we raised about $30,000


• [39:42] mounts associated with that the kids raised they raised about $3,500


• [41:26] private school wasn't a thing where I grew up in Pennsylvania


• [44:56] I've worked at now two Quaker independent schools


• [45:47] they love education at the end

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/FtEuH9zPCvI