Reflections on 20 Years of Oak Hill
Around February of 2006, Deirdre Harris, my mentor and then boss, and director of The Rose Garden Nursery School in Cooperstown, announced that at the end of the current school year she would be closing her school and moving with her family to Cleveland, Ohio. Deirdre's school was in its 13th year, and I had been working there on and off for most of that time, when I wasn't busy at home raising future students! All 5 of my children attended The Rose Garden, and hold fond memories of the magic to this day. My youngest son, Tobias, along with several of his friends, had one more year of preschool left, and it quickly occurred to me, that I could continue their beloved nursery school traditions and familiar format in my home, to bridge the final year before they could enter Kindergarten. After a quick survey of parents, it became clear that this was a popular plan, and a small group of 6 nursery school friends joined me that September in our newly painted and lovingly yet simpl...