Upattinas School and Resource Center was a private, non-profit school that served students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, as well as a homeschool resource center.

Upattinas Open Community Corporation was licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Private Academic School, authorized by the Department of Immigration to grant I-20 status to non-immigrant students from other countries,[1] and recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to issue a Home Education Diploma.

In 1983 Upattinas became active in the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS).

The Upattinas mission was "to nurture and inspire interest-driven, noncoercive learning in an open democratic community."

Students were expected to attend the weekly All-School Meeting, and participation in various social and work committees was encouraged.