How does admission work? I think you would want a very specific type of kid who would actually care and want to be there to learn, so how would you select for that? There’s nothing worse than being in a class surrounded by idiots who whine and hate their teacher for making them do real work. So idk how you specifically select for only like the top 5% IQ kids
Also if you get outside investors they’re gonna have their own wishes as well. Like how diverse the student population has to be, what specific curriculum to follow, etc. Also no one is gonna want to send their kid there unless the academics are proven to be better than the alternative. Does that mean you have to implement standardized testing to show your kids blow public school plebs out of the water? Idk. But this type of thing is attractive to a certain kind of hippy person and so you have to prove it’s not just a dopey hippie “alternative” school where kids run around and don’t learn anything.
Cognitive test + interview with student, parents, and/or student with parents. Ideally, of course. Before it's profitable it'll probably be open to anyone. A huge amount of undesirables will self-select out once they're told the details of the school.
>Also if you get outside investors they’re gonna have their own wishes as well.
Are you familiar with "parallel institutions"? The only people who want to give me their money will already have some ideological overlap. From there, it's just about negotiation and interpersonal skills. I visited a classical school recently where an angel investor dropped $1m for them to buy a property, it certainly happens. This stage is about marketing myself as Le eccentric, accomplished genius that has a solid, viable product to sell.
>Also no one is gonna want to send their kid there unless the academics are proven to be better than the alternative. Does that mean you have to implement standardized testing to show your kids blow public school plebs out of the water?
Classical education kids routinely score in, like, the top 10% on standardized tests. There's more important metrics than that, but the point is its basically impossible to leave 12 years of classical schooling while still being retarded.
>But this type of thing is attractive to a certain kind of hippy person and so you have to prove it’s not just a dopey hippie “alternative” school where kids run around and don’t learn anything.
I mean, I'm a little bit of a hippy. The RW-coded values and aesthetics will self-sort most of them out of the equation tho. No hippy or libtard is sending their kids to an Orthodox Christian school
> Are you thinking boarding school as well?
Ideally it would be an option, but this is way, way down the road. In that case, I'd like to offer it for the cost of maintenance +10% so that cost isn't a factor for boarding.
Also do you have a specific location in mind? The geography ideas are cool but in practical terms idk where you would find the kind of terrain you’re thinking, while still being accessible to people who live in suburbs to drop their kids off for the day. Maybe upstate new york idk
Yes, the most important factor is which city this is based out of. Hopefully, it's legendary enough that parents are willing to board their students there, but for now its a matter of considering cost of living, access to natural areas, demographics, competition, etc.
Unfortunately, that means keeping it close to the east coast most likely.
I’m not trying to rip it to shreds; I actually think it’s a really great idea and concept.
Do you have plans for preserving the culture and original vision of the school, especially once you’re older and then even dead and gone? I also went to a Christian private school and I remember it having a really great culture under its founding headmaster and then near the end of my time they got a new one and a lot went downhill— academically, faculty-wise, culture-wise. Maybe that’s not the kind of thing you can actively prevent in the moment but it is good to think about, especially when hiring faculty and choosing a successor to carry on the vision.
Do you have any ideas for the name of the academy?
Yeah, ideally one of my many children would take control after I die. But, I'm really young. By the time this ever actually happens I'd still have 30-40 years of contribution left in the tank.
I think stuff like the student and faculty handbooks matter way more here than at most schools. Those should codify exactly how things are supposed to be run so theoretically there's little room for enshittening.
The kind of school kids dream that their school was. I hate the idea of having to run it out of a strip mall until you get the funding you need but it's probably the right call. Maybe when the DoE is ripped to shreds it'll be easier to get it going.
Absolutely agree about history, I've long thought about being a history teacher when I finish my career in the military. I didn't really have any teachers that inspired me the way I wanted until I got to college, and I'd love to be that person for the next generation.
Got very sad at the Orthodox education (Cat-holic over here); I get why but I do think it severely limits the pool of people you're recruiting from given how few orthos are in the states. If you maintained the religious aspects but opened up to Catholics (ideally a priest for each but even just teaching both would work) you'd not only have a much wider base, but could help foster connection between both sides. Mend the schism NOW!
Realistically, it would be an environment that Catholics find "acceptable" given the alternative. Like, would you rather send your kid to a school that doesn't teach the filioque or to American public school?
I don't wanna make it super Ortho-only. Hopefully high church Prots and any other apostolics feel comfortable sending their kid there
You may be interested in Eric Orwoll (Aarvoll on YouTube) and his Return to the Land Initiative. He has some of his school built and has some similar ideas, however I think there are some key differences between both visions.
Actually, and you might find this funny, but I know more than a few pagans who send their kids to Catholic schools for the obvious benefits they can sometimes produce (moral Western teaching, mostly White, etc etc).
I'll edit this later though and give a full response when I can.
I've noticed that the local high school I attended is a lot better than what everyone else describes. Starting in middle school, instead of just normal classes, there's the slower and easier "L-level" (pronounced on-level) and the quicker and intermediate "K-Level". Then in high school, you could exempt some of your final exams if you had above a 75 grade average, less than 6 absences and less than 4 tardies, with 1 exemption for freshmen, 2 for sophomores, 3 for juniors & 4 for seniors. Also in senior year we had an "early release" where if you had basic proof of employment, you could drop up the last 1 or 2 periods or the first period and go home after 5th period.
I've sold myself to uncle sam for the next decade or so, so that's about as long as you can put it off until I'm out and ready to build this damn thing with you! I'd volunteer myself as a professor, free of charge to you, provided I've somewhere to stay.
Love the idea. Your estimated budget for this is low. The land acquisition of 100 acres (50 acres mature forest) in a semi-rural and relatively affordable east coast location is $1-2.5 mil.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS
A. Main Campus Buildings
• Square City Layout with a Central Anchor (statue, fountain, or other feature):
• Includes the administration wing, classrooms, library, gym, chapel, cafeteria, and auditorium.
• Building Area: ~100,000 sq. ft.
• Cost Estimate: $400-$700/sq. ft.
• Total: $40,000,000 - $70,000,000
B. Faculty Cottages (“Village”)
• Initial Build: 20 small cottages (144 sq. ft. each, $200/sq. ft.) for resident faculty.
I think this would be a great dream, and an idea to pursue. The only thing I would question is the decision to make the school an Orthodox Christian school. I understand you have to stick to your beliefs/guns, but the majority of people you are trying to attract (White-Christians) probably aren't Orthodox. Meaning, they might be offset by sending their protestant child to a school associated with a relatively niche belief they don't understand. I would still send my offspring to the Layne school though :)
I am also from Georgia like you are, and I love Georgia outside of its changing demographics. North Georgia could be an excellent place seeing as the region is growing and is still majority white. If you ever need a White boy Spanish teacher or want submission wrestling as a P.E. course, I would be more than happy in the distant future.
A few months ago I had the idea of having my own school, and today I came across this article. Its aesthetics are impeccable, of course. However, I would include a specific subject on eugenics and its methods of seeing the world in the children's education.
ifunny meme school
principal: deflated
biology teacher: sectionalism
history teacher: vercringetorix95
english teacher: zaoist
math teacher: funnymathjokes
popular kid: wet_memes
bully: twistedjerry
coaches: lordb8r, sandpapercondoms
science fair project: cirke
edgy kid: tardward
religion teacher: watchmenwakeup
gay kid: pupper
pedo teacher: jeffstein
pedo student: freedomcobra2
emo kid: gothsport
autistic kid: ferd
class president: herobrine
class clown: askadam
cool kid: petrixxx
school shootings: banocausts
football games: tag raids
fights: ban raids
yearbooks: niglists
Why would deflated be the principle? He’d be the pedo kid if anything
he controls deep ifunny from the shadows
what role would I have
idk nigga. student who writes a lot
Nah bro said I'm LionelVerney *crying emoji*
Who is the school mascot
will ferrel
Will Ferrel’s gone ‘woke’. Perhaps it should be the Kaiser
What if I made a german server for $WÅbooru and pushed kaiserchino memes until Kaiser George Friedrich started using the website?
How does admission work? I think you would want a very specific type of kid who would actually care and want to be there to learn, so how would you select for that? There’s nothing worse than being in a class surrounded by idiots who whine and hate their teacher for making them do real work. So idk how you specifically select for only like the top 5% IQ kids
Also if you get outside investors they’re gonna have their own wishes as well. Like how diverse the student population has to be, what specific curriculum to follow, etc. Also no one is gonna want to send their kid there unless the academics are proven to be better than the alternative. Does that mean you have to implement standardized testing to show your kids blow public school plebs out of the water? Idk. But this type of thing is attractive to a certain kind of hippy person and so you have to prove it’s not just a dopey hippie “alternative” school where kids run around and don’t learn anything.
Are you thinking boarding school as well?
>How does admission work?
Cognitive test + interview with student, parents, and/or student with parents. Ideally, of course. Before it's profitable it'll probably be open to anyone. A huge amount of undesirables will self-select out once they're told the details of the school.
>Also if you get outside investors they’re gonna have their own wishes as well.
Are you familiar with "parallel institutions"? The only people who want to give me their money will already have some ideological overlap. From there, it's just about negotiation and interpersonal skills. I visited a classical school recently where an angel investor dropped $1m for them to buy a property, it certainly happens. This stage is about marketing myself as Le eccentric, accomplished genius that has a solid, viable product to sell.
>Also no one is gonna want to send their kid there unless the academics are proven to be better than the alternative. Does that mean you have to implement standardized testing to show your kids blow public school plebs out of the water?
Classical education kids routinely score in, like, the top 10% on standardized tests. There's more important metrics than that, but the point is its basically impossible to leave 12 years of classical schooling while still being retarded.
>But this type of thing is attractive to a certain kind of hippy person and so you have to prove it’s not just a dopey hippie “alternative” school where kids run around and don’t learn anything.
I mean, I'm a little bit of a hippy. The RW-coded values and aesthetics will self-sort most of them out of the equation tho. No hippy or libtard is sending their kids to an Orthodox Christian school
> Are you thinking boarding school as well?
Ideally it would be an option, but this is way, way down the road. In that case, I'd like to offer it for the cost of maintenance +10% so that cost isn't a factor for boarding.
Also do you have a specific location in mind? The geography ideas are cool but in practical terms idk where you would find the kind of terrain you’re thinking, while still being accessible to people who live in suburbs to drop their kids off for the day. Maybe upstate new york idk
Yes, the most important factor is which city this is based out of. Hopefully, it's legendary enough that parents are willing to board their students there, but for now its a matter of considering cost of living, access to natural areas, demographics, competition, etc.
Unfortunately, that means keeping it close to the east coast most likely.
I’m not trying to rip it to shreds; I actually think it’s a really great idea and concept.
Do you have plans for preserving the culture and original vision of the school, especially once you’re older and then even dead and gone? I also went to a Christian private school and I remember it having a really great culture under its founding headmaster and then near the end of my time they got a new one and a lot went downhill— academically, faculty-wise, culture-wise. Maybe that’s not the kind of thing you can actively prevent in the moment but it is good to think about, especially when hiring faculty and choosing a successor to carry on the vision.
Do you have any ideas for the name of the academy?
Yeah, ideally one of my many children would take control after I die. But, I'm really young. By the time this ever actually happens I'd still have 30-40 years of contribution left in the tank.
I think stuff like the student and faculty handbooks matter way more here than at most schools. Those should codify exactly how things are supposed to be run so theoretically there's little room for enshittening.
Keep the good questions coming!
The kind of school kids dream that their school was. I hate the idea of having to run it out of a strip mall until you get the funding you need but it's probably the right call. Maybe when the DoE is ripped to shreds it'll be easier to get it going.
Absolutely agree about history, I've long thought about being a history teacher when I finish my career in the military. I didn't really have any teachers that inspired me the way I wanted until I got to college, and I'd love to be that person for the next generation.
Got very sad at the Orthodox education (Cat-holic over here); I get why but I do think it severely limits the pool of people you're recruiting from given how few orthos are in the states. If you maintained the religious aspects but opened up to Catholics (ideally a priest for each but even just teaching both would work) you'd not only have a much wider base, but could help foster connection between both sides. Mend the schism NOW!
Realistically, it would be an environment that Catholics find "acceptable" given the alternative. Like, would you rather send your kid to a school that doesn't teach the filioque or to American public school?
I don't wanna make it super Ortho-only. Hopefully high church Prots and any other apostolics feel comfortable sending their kid there
I’ll get rich to fund this school, although I demand a class on iFunny history
You may be interested in Eric Orwoll (Aarvoll on YouTube) and his Return to the Land Initiative. He has some of his school built and has some similar ideas, however I think there are some key differences between both visions.
Thought on my version? Criticisms of Christianity in general aside
Actually, and you might find this funny, but I know more than a few pagans who send their kids to Catholic schools for the obvious benefits they can sometimes produce (moral Western teaching, mostly White, etc etc).
I'll edit this later though and give a full response when I can.
Wow. Very impressive layout. As a Catholic, this school doesn't sound too bad.
I've noticed that the local high school I attended is a lot better than what everyone else describes. Starting in middle school, instead of just normal classes, there's the slower and easier "L-level" (pronounced on-level) and the quicker and intermediate "K-Level". Then in high school, you could exempt some of your final exams if you had above a 75 grade average, less than 6 absences and less than 4 tardies, with 1 exemption for freshmen, 2 for sophomores, 3 for juniors & 4 for seniors. Also in senior year we had an "early release" where if you had basic proof of employment, you could drop up the last 1 or 2 periods or the first period and go home after 5th period.
I've sold myself to uncle sam for the next decade or so, so that's about as long as you can put it off until I'm out and ready to build this damn thing with you! I'd volunteer myself as a professor, free of charge to you, provided I've somewhere to stay.
Love the idea. Your estimated budget for this is low. The land acquisition of 100 acres (50 acres mature forest) in a semi-rural and relatively affordable east coast location is $1-2.5 mil.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS
A. Main Campus Buildings
• Square City Layout with a Central Anchor (statue, fountain, or other feature):
• Includes the administration wing, classrooms, library, gym, chapel, cafeteria, and auditorium.
• Building Area: ~100,000 sq. ft.
• Cost Estimate: $400-$700/sq. ft.
• Total: $40,000,000 - $70,000,000
B. Faculty Cottages (“Village”)
• Initial Build: 20 small cottages (144 sq. ft. each, $200/sq. ft.) for resident faculty.
• Total Cost: $576,000.
• Future Expansion: Family-sized cottages (~500 sq. ft., $200/sq. ft.).
• Cost per Cottage: $100,000.
C. Agricultural and Outdoor Features
1. Large Garden & Apiary:
• Includes student-maintained plots and infrastructure for small-scale farming and beekeeping.
• Cost: $150,000 - $250,000
2. Barn and Pastures:
• For animals like chickens, goats, and cows, with fencing and initial livestock.
• Cost: $300,000 - $500,000
3. Pond with Dock and Water Feature:
• Stocked with fish and designed for recreation.
• Cost: $200,000 - $400,000
4. Walking Trails and Forest Features:
• Includes trails, treehouses, “ancient ruins,” and whimsical discoveries in the forest.
• Cost: $250,000 - $500,000
5. Outdoor Classrooms and Structures:
• Gazebo, sheds, and outdoor teaching spaces.
• Cost: $100,000 - $150,000
6. Athletic Facilities:
• Rugby pitch with a track, archery range, and outdoor theater.
• Cost: $500,000 - $800,000.
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS
High Estimate: $76,526,000
Low Estimate: $43,626,000
INITIAL STARTUP COSTS
1. Furniture, Equipment, and Classroom Supplies:
• Desks, chairs, chalkboards, lab equipment, and magical décor.
• Cost: $2,000,000.
2. Library and Technology:
• Books and digital resources.
• Cost: $1,500,000.
3. Livestock and Garden Setup:
• Includes initial seeds, tools, and animals.
• Cost: $100,000.
4.Staff Recruitment and Training:
• For faculty, administration, and maintenance personnel.
• Cost: $500,000.
5. Permits, Legal Fees, and Miscellaneous:
• Includes zoning, environmental compliance, and initial marketing.
• Cost: $1,000,000.
TOTAL INITIAL STARTUP COSTS
High Estimate: $5,100,000
Low Estimate: $4,000,000
ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COSTS
1. Staff Salaries:
• Faculty, administration, groundskeepers, and agricultural staff.
• Cost: $3,000,000 - $5,000,000.
2. Utilities:
• Water, electricity (offset with renewable energy sources if possible), and heating.
• Cost: $500,000 - $800,000.
3. Building and Grounds Maintenance:
• Includes repairs, forest upkeep, and agricultural supplies.
• Cost: $1,000,000.
4. Animal and Garden Care:
• Feed, veterinary care, and new plantings.
• Cost: $100,000 - $200,000
5. Insurance:
• Coverage for facilities, liability, and natural disasters.
• Cost: $500,000 - $1,000,000.
TOTAL ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COSTS
High Estimate: $8,000,000
Low Estimate: $5,100,000
GRAND TOTALS
Construction + Startup:
• High Estimate: $83,626,000
• Low Estimate: $47,626,000
Annual Maintenance:
• High Estimate: $8,000,000
• Low Estimate: $5,100,000
These figures are rough estimates brought to you by a couple minutes interacting with ChatGPT.
Or like $0 if Layne just appropriates an existing campus lol
I think this would be a great dream, and an idea to pursue. The only thing I would question is the decision to make the school an Orthodox Christian school. I understand you have to stick to your beliefs/guns, but the majority of people you are trying to attract (White-Christians) probably aren't Orthodox. Meaning, they might be offset by sending their protestant child to a school associated with a relatively niche belief they don't understand. I would still send my offspring to the Layne school though :)
I am also from Georgia like you are, and I love Georgia outside of its changing demographics. North Georgia could be an excellent place seeing as the region is growing and is still majority white. If you ever need a White boy Spanish teacher or want submission wrestling as a P.E. course, I would be more than happy in the distant future.
I fw the vision
Let’s grind your vision into existence
If I ran a school, I would teach epistemology in the same vein as PE, music, etc.
A few months ago I had the idea of having my own school, and today I came across this article. Its aesthetics are impeccable, of course. However, I would include a specific subject on eugenics and its methods of seeing the world in the children's education.
Erm..