Open Door School located in the Cotswold area is a nonprofit nonsectarian preschool for children ages two to five Open Door School follows a discovery learning philosophy from progressive education the belief that learning growing and developing are natural intuitive and inevitable processes Open Door School strives to guard the dignity of each individual so that children feel free to explore question experiment and play The School encourages children to work on resolving conflicts peacefully to cooperate rather than compete and to accept and honor the differences among us Founded in 1966 Open Door School is the first program in CharlotteMecklenburg to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC Open Door has six halfday preschool classes ranging from age 25 and one fullday yearround multiage class 2011 unitarian universalist church of charlotte 234 sharon amity road charlotte28211 tel 7043668623