Our Community School Mission OCS is a tuition-free, public  charter school where staff members, students and families  collaborate  in  the  ongoing  process of  education.   Our  diverse  and  caring  community  balances academics with creativity, thereby fostering independent thinkers, problem solvers  and leaders.  We nurture multiple aspects of a child's development: physical, emotional,  intellectual, artistic  and social.  We empower students to become informed and ethical  members of our democratic society.

OCS will show that elementary students thrive in small, community-based environments.  Each year, our 300 students in K - 6 will exhibit proficiency, not only on standardized tests,  but in other core areas of human development (e.g. leadership, collaboration, social skills,  creativity, critical thinking, and self-confidence).  Teachers, parents, and administrators from  other schools and districts will come to OCS to observe the success of our design, and to  engage in  professional  development so  that they might carry powerful  elements  of  our  program out to their own.