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right The Walt Whitman Community School (WWCS) was a private alternative school in Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas that catered to youth who identified as LGBT.〔Fowler, Jimmy. "School's out." ''Dallas Observer''. November 13, 1997. p. (1 ) ((Archive )). Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 It opened in 1997 and closed in 2004. It was the United States's first LGBT-oriented private school,〔"(Walt Whitman Community School, Nation's First Private School For Gays, Opens in Dallas )." ''Jet''. Johnson Publishing Company, September 22, 1997. Vol. 92, No. 18. ISSN 0021-5996. p. (12 ).〕 and by 2003 it remained the country's only LGBT-oriented private school not in Manhattan or Los Angeles.〔Gross, Michael Joseph. "(In School's Out, Mtv's True Life Visits A Gay High School In Texas )" ((Archive )). ''The New York Times'' at the ''Sun Sentinel''. April 17, 2003. Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 It was co-founded by Becky Thompson and Pamala Stone.〔 The former is a lesbian, while the latter is straight.〔 The school was named after Walt Whitman. ==History== The co-founders worked at the Walden Preparatory School in Addison.〔Fowler, Jimmy. "School's out." ''Dallas Observer''. November 13, 1997. p. (2 ) ((Archive )). Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 According to Thompson and Stone, anti-LGBT sentiments occurred at Walden. Whitman opened in 1997.〔 Mary M. Clare and Steven E. James, the authors of the encyclopedia entry "Secondary Schools," wrote that it received media attention from around the world due to the "unique mission and its location in a southern city, considered nationally to represent conservative social values".〔 When the school opened, its annual tuition was $7,000 ($ according to inflation) but that financial assistance was given to all of the enrolled students.〔 Financial assistance originated from the Walt Whitman Community School Foundation's fundraisers, including the GAYla prom, and other community and fundraising programs from the wider DFW LGBT community.〔Clare, Mary M. and Steven E. James. "Secondary Schools." In: Sears, James Thomas (editor). ''Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 2'' (part of: Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia, James Thomas Sears, ISBN 0313327483, 9780313327483). Greenwood Publishing Group, January 1, 2005. ISBN 0313327556, 9780313327551. Start: p. 754. CITED: p. (756 )-(757 ).〕 The OutTakes film festival was one of the school's beneficiaries.〔Reinhart, Rhonda. "(Out and About )" ((Archive )). ''Dallas Observer''. November 13, 2003. Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 When the school first opened, it was unaccredited. As of November 1997 it was still unaccredited. At the time it was attempting to get accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The earliest the school would be accredited would be three years after its opening, but once accredited it would retroactively apply to the diplomas of all graduated students.〔Fowler, Jimmy. "School's out." ''Dallas Observer''. November 13, 1997. p. (3 ) ((Archive )). Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 Towards the end of the school's life, financial support from other schools kept Whitman alive. Winfree Academy Charter Schools had offered its support to Whitman.〔Clare, Mary M. and Steven E. James. "Secondary Schools." In: Sears, James Thomas (editor). ''Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 2'' (part of: Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia, James Thomas Sears, ISBN 0313327483, 9780313327483). Greenwood Publishing Group, January 1, 2005. ISBN 0313327556, 9780313327551. Start: p. 754. CITED: p. (757 ).〕 In 2003 the school's budget was under $150,000 ($ when adjusted for inflation). That year, MTV created the documentary episode ''School's Out: The Life of a Gay High School in Texas'', a part of the ''True Life'' series. The school hoped that it would increase attention focused on it.〔Fischer, Kent. "Struggling Walt Whitman hopes film brings students, funds." ''The Dallas Morning News''. April 17, 2003. Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 The World of Wonder company had produced the film. It received a screening at the Lakewood Theater.〔Martin, Merritt. "This Week's Day-By-Day Picks." ''Dallas Observer''. April 17, 2003. p. (1 ) ((Archive )). Retrieved on September 22, 2014.〕 In 2004, prior to the beginning of the new school year, Winfree abruptly withdrew its support, causing Whitman to close.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walt Whitman Community School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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