Floating Prep School
The Flint School was a preparatory school founded by educators George and Betty Stoll. Based in Sarasota, Florida, United States, it operated aboard first one, then two, school ships from 1969 to 1981. Girls as well as boys aged 12 to 18 sailed the world aboard the steel-hulled auxiliary schooners Te Vega (ex-Etak, ex-Vega, ex–USS Juniata, now Deva), and teQuest (ex–Black Douglas, ex-Aquarius, ex–Aquarius W, now El Boughaz I) while studying an academic curriculum.
The school was one of very few educational institutions of any kind during the period to stress free-market or libertarian thought. Although the school was not based on Objectivist philosophy, the Stolls made Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged the centerpiece of their program. The Stolls also included the work of Nathaniel Branden even though he had been expelled from Rand's movement some years earlier. Similarly, the Stolls emphasized the importance of the Austrian School of economics.
This page is managed by alumni P.K. Stevens (76-80) with backup from Will Trillich (76-80). The '4th R Method, Inc', which ran the Flint School, was terminated around 1995. This site is for the alumni.
Secondary School Education
