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Joe Gauld, 207-443-7114, jgauld@hyde.edu, hyde.edu, Founder of Hyde School, an author, and a pioneer in alternative education, reminisces about how he founded Hyde School in 1996 in Bath Maine. He describes the tough years and the good years in founding this school with a unique focus, character education which he found to not only better prepare the students for life, but also how that improved their academic achievements. He outlines the challenges he had to overcome which are the same challenges that still have to be met for anybody wanting to establish a new school, whether a therapeutic boarding school, emotional growth school, or a mainstream academic school.

Guest: Malcolm Gauld, President of Hyde School, 207-443-5584, mgauld@hyde.edu, www.hyde.edu, explains the importance of integrating character education in with academics so the students can be properly prepared to have a successful career and life.