e/Parkmont School

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has gloss	eng: Parkmont is an independent school, headed by Ron McClain, located in Washington, D.C. Parkmont was founded in 1971, as a cooperative Middle School by a parent group in McLean, Virginia. The parents were acquainted with the work of progressive educator Maria Montessori and they consulted extensively with John Bremer, founder of the Parkway School in Philadelphia and a proponent of experience-based learning. Parkmont has always emphasized educating the individual in the context of a close-knit community and the program has strong roots in both the progressive and experiential educational traditions.
lexicalization	eng: Parkmont School
instance of	c/Educational institutions established in 1971