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Former alternative school in Evanston, IL, USA

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The Free School of Evanston was an alternative school that existed in Evanston, Illinois, United States from 1971 to 1976, for five school years.

Influences

The Free School was influenced by Summerhill School. At meetings, parents, students, and teachers were all equal, each having one vote. Tuition was based on a sliding scale percentage of parents' income. The school did not pursue educational accreditation.

Location

The school rented space at:

School years	Space	Building	Address	Coordinates
1971-72	basement	Unitarian Church of Evanston	1330 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois	42°02′33″N 87°41′21″W / 42.04262°N 87.68912°W / 42.04262; -87.68912
1972-76	many rooms	Wheadon United Methodist Church	2214 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois	42°03′29″N 87°41′11″W / 42.05817°N 87.68648°W / 42.05817; -87.68648

Student body

The school enrolled more than 100 students, aged 5–16, divided into lower, middle, and upper age groups. Most were from the Chicago suburbs, with a few from Chicago's inner city neighborhoods.

Principals

School year(s)	Principal
1971-72	?
1972-74	Nelson Armour
1974-75	?
1975-76	?

References

Unitarian Church of Evanston
Church later renamed. See "Living in Evanston".
Nelson Armour
Armour, Nelson. "Comment on "Nelson, can you..."". Profile. Facebook. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

Evanston, Illinois

History

Evanston Township

Areas

Central Street

Education

Evanston/Skokie School District 65
Evanston Township High School
Roycemore School
Northwestern University
- template
Oakton College (operates no facilities in Evanston, but Evanston is in its service area)
Evanston Public Library

Closed	Free School of Evanston Marywood Academy

Landmarks

NRHP listings

This list is incomplete.

High schools in suburban Cook County, Illinois

District public

Closed	Forest View Maine North Niles East Rich East

Charter

Southland College Preparatory Charter (Richton Park)

Private

Secular

Roycemore (Evanston)

Closed	Free School of Evanston (Evanston)

Religious

Aqsa (Bridgeview)
Fasman Yeshiva HS (Skokie)
Fenwick HS (Oak Park)
Ida Crown Jewish Acad (Skokie)
Loyola Acad (Wilmette)
Marian Catholic HS (Chicago Heights)
Nazareth Acad (La Grange Park)
MCC Academy (Morton Grove)
Notre Dame College Prep (Niles)
Regina Dominican HS (Wilmette)
St. Joseph HS (Westchester)
St. Laurence HS (Burbank)
St. Viator HS (Arlington Heights)
Seton Acad (South Holland)
Trinity HS (River Forest)
Universal (Bridgeview)

Closed	Marywood Acad (Evanston) Mount Assisi Acad (Lemont) Queen of Peace HS (Burbank) Guerin College Prep HS (River Grove)

This list is incomplete.
For public schools in Chicago see Template:Chicago Public Schools
For private schools in Chicago and elsewhere in the area see Template:Private schools in the Chicago metropolitan area

Private schools in the Chicago metropolitan area

Chicago

Secular

Religious

Closed	Lourdes High School Maria High School Notre Dame HS for Girls Our Lady of the Angels

Suburban
Cook Co., IL

Secular

Baker Demo (Wilmette)
Chicago Futabakai Japanese (Arlington Heights)
Roycemore (Evanston)

Closed	Free School of Evanston (Evanston)

Religious

Aqsa (Bridgeview)
Fasman Yeshiva HS (Skokie)
Fenwick HS (Oak Park)
Ida Crown Jewish Acad (Skokie)
Loyola Acad (Wilmette)
Marian Catholic HS (Chicago Heights)
MCC Academy (Morton Grove)
Nazareth Acad (La Grange Park)
Notre Dame College Prep (Niles)
Regina Dominican HS (Wilmette)
St. Joseph HS (Westchester)
St. Laurence HS (Burbank)
St. Viator HS (Arlington Heights)
Seton Acad (South Holland)
Trinity HS (River Forest)
Universal (Bridgeview)

Closed	Marywood Acad (Evanston) Mount Assisi Acad (Lemont) Queen of Peace HS (Burbank) Guerin College Prep HS (River Grove)

Lake Co., IL

Secular	Lake Forest Academy (Lake Forest) Lake Forest Country Day School (Lake Forest)
Religious	Carmel Catholic High School (Mundelein) Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep (Waukegan) Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (Lake Forest)

Lake Co., IN

Religious	Bishop Noll Institute (Hammond) Andrean High School (Merrillville)

v t e Democratic free schools
United States and Canada	Albany Free School ALPHA Alternative School Arthur Morgan School Brooklyn Free School The Circle School The Clearwater School Fairhaven School The Highland School Lehman Alternative Community School Mission Hill School Philadelphia Free School SEED Alternative School The Sphere College Project Sudbury Valley School Village Free School
Colleges	Antioch College Deep Springs College Shimer Great Books School
Australia and New Zealand	Currambena School Brisbane Independent School Tamariki School
Israel	Democratic School of Hadera
Europe	Escola da Ponte Sands School Summerhill School Neue Schule Hamburg
Closed	Auckland Metropolitan College The Beach School Dartington Hall School The Family School Free School of Evanston Houston Sudbury School Kilquhanity School Kirkdale School Malting House School Rochdale College Rowen House School Scotland Road Free School The Small School Upattinas School and Resource Center
Related	Homer Lane A. S. Neill Summerhill Free school movement Korczak's orphanages

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References