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Zappos charter school planning builds ‘excitement around education’

This is how you make a school. At least, it’s how you make a school when Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and the Downtown Project are involved.

“If this is going to be the most community-focused city in the world, you have to walk the walk, you have to involve the community,” he said. “I saw that happening last night. This school will connect with the community.”

At the site of a former First Baptist Church at Ninth Street and Bridger Avenue in downtown Las Vegas, kids began the night by sitting dutifully with their parents at tables adorned with Legos, markers, Play-Doh and sticky notes.

By the end of the session a few hours later, the handful of kids were coming up with ideas that hadn’t dawned on many of the adults. And they were scolding the parents for taking so long to brainstorm.

By Joe Schoenmann

Full Story: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/dec/13/planning-zappos-school-long-community-involvement/

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