Gotha, Florida · 1994
The school moves to Citrus Oaks Avenue and launches its Montessori program
Four years after opening in a converted warehouse, the school had 65 students and 15 staff. Bob and Rowena Flanders signed a long-term land lease and moved to Citrus Oaks Avenue in Gotha, and the Montessori program launched the same year.
The traditions that still shape the school's calendar took root on that campus: International Night, the Fall Festival, and R.E.D. month. The school stayed on Citrus Oaks for twenty-six years, until the move to Apopka in 2020.
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