Location: South Austin
3305 W Slaughter Ln
Austin, TX 78748
Students served: K–5th grade
Current enrollment: Approximately 20
Model/philosophy: Vecina Community School is a K–5th microschool that exists to nurture thoughtful, inspired, bilingual learners through inquiry-based and community-rooted education.
Special features: Bilingual curriculum, inquiry and project based, after-school Spanish club, bilingual summer camps, sister schools / shared campus with Kukumi Montessori (for learners 18 months–6 years old)
Schedule: 8:30am–3pm Monday–Friday; follows Austin ISD calendar
Tuition: $1,250 per month
Contact: Amanda Munden, Director and Cofounder | amanda@vecinaschool.com | 512-423-8671
Each listing in this alphabetical directory gives you a snapshot of a small, secular, independent, alternative school in the Austin area.
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Full disclosure: Alt Ed Austin founder Teri Sperry has ties with several of the schools listed on this site. Her child, now an adult, attended two of them years ago. She has friends who direct, teach at, or are otherwise involved in others. Some programs choose to advertise from time to time on Alt Ed Austin as Sponsoring Partners. She firmly believes that all of the schools featured on this site (including the ones to which she has no personal connection and those from which she receives no advertising fees) are good choices for some kids, each for different reasons.
