[3] It was founded by Tomball resident Laura Gabelsberg, who previously taught at public schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
[5] A woman named Chicha Glass, along with her husband, lent her house, which became a 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) classroom building, for the school's operations and gave $25,000 in startup funds.
A spring 2007 meeting was held in which the possibility of continuing operation of a Sudbury school was discussed.
[7] The school allowed students, who were required to attend five hours per day but did not have to conform to a timetable, to choose the direction of their learning in accordance with the Sudbury system.
[3] Parents were not involved in the day-to-day administration and the faculty acted as guides instead of using direct control in the classroom.