The American group included Jesse Mumm of the Pedro Albizu Campos School in Chicago. He came representing the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools. He arrived late, not having realized that he needed a visa to come to the Ukraine. He attended the last two days of the conference, making a presentation about his school. We deplore this confiscatory taxing of school funds which robs children of educational opportunities by threatening the existence of their schools.
Students are full participants in the regulation of school life.
They are free to choose both their teachers and their course of study, as well as having a voice in all other areas of school life. In all matters everyone's opinion is taken into consideration. After the conference and some tearful goodbyes, the American group spent the last two days touring Kiev. One day they had a meeting at the Soros Foundation offices with Anatolii Oleksienko. They spoke about a proposal to have the Stork School become a training center for democratic education.