The first batch of small schools, which began opening in 2002, were funded by the New Century High Schools project, a $30 million collaboration among the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation and the Open Society Institute.

• 2002年开始创立的第一批小型学校，是由“新世纪高中项目”资助的，比尔盖茨-梅林达基金、卡内基公司和社会开放研究所投入了3000万美金。