My project at Emerging Leader Labs is focused on developing Manhattan Free School with my friend and fellow staff member, Tomis Parker.  My specific focus will be on coordinating student life at the school, but will I really be coordinating the lives of students at a school where the learning is self-directed?  The answer is almost certainly not.  So perhaps a better way to describe my focus is determining exactly what my role will be and how Tomis and I can work together to set an example of the kind of culture we believe is important for a democratic/free school to be successful.