Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children

"ELEANOR WEST'S HOME FOR WAYWARD CHILDREN: No Solicitations, No Visitors, No Quests."

- The Sign at the front of the School Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children is a main location in the Wayward Children books.

Description
Eleanor West made the school out of her father's old manor. It is in the center of a field, with perfect green grass, perfect trees, and a rainbow of a garden. Above the porch of the manor hangs a sign that reads "ELEANOR WEST'S HOME FOR WAYWARD CHILDREN: No Solicitations, No Visitors, No Quests."

The foyer walls has old-fashioned wall paper with paintings of roses and twining clematis vines, with antique furnishings and a cherrywood floor. There is also a chandelier shaped like a blooming flower on the top. It was made by one of their alumni out of glass, except for the twelve teardrop-shaped prisms in the centre, which Eleanor made from her tears.

The students are roomed together, about two students to a room. Eleanor often tries to have students from similar backgrounds roomed together so they don't hurt each other. Sometimes children from worlds with no or little sunlight prefer to sleep in darker rooms, or the basement.

Dinner is held in a ballroom with a polished marble floor and vaulted cathedral ceiling. There is space for about a hundred students (though there are only around fourty), with a buffet-style canteen along the wall. After dinner is Group Therapy, where the children share their experiences with travelling to other worlds.

New students have orientation in a small room that had once been a study, full of blackboards and chalk. When Lundy gave Nancy her orientation, she started by explaining the Cardinal Directions, and answering questions.

Outside, there is a dark grove of trees which is the shadiest spot on the grounds, where many of the students like to go. Lundy's body is buried there, along with Sumi's hands.

The basement entrance is at the corner of the manor, with doors that had once been used by tradesmen delivering to the house. While Jack and Jill were in the basement, it was covered with lab equipment on racks, dressers with fancy clothes, and an autopsy table, a bed, a bathtub and lots of acid. Kade says that there's also a bathroom in the basement.

Kade sleeps in the attic. His room has lots of books in it, with few pieces of actual furniture. It also has the group wardrobe, sewing equipment, and storage space.

School
Eleanor West founded the school to collect children from fantasy worlds who want to remember their experiences, and possibly return to their worlds. She would obtain the children by going to their parents and pretending that their new thoughts were part of a common disease, and that she could help them with therapy. About two thirds of the children she tries to get will arrive at the school. She accepts students aged 12-19.

The students have mostly normal classes with teachers who aren't aware of the situation, and also have electives, like Music, Art, and a class on the World Compass.

It is noted that a vast majority of the students at Eleanor's are girls- Nancy estimates about thirty-six girls when she first arrives, and with only four boys. Lundy explains that this is because society expects boys to be loud and girls to be quiet, so girls can slip away into other worlds more easily. While she would love to have more boys, they simply don't get any.

Should a student find a door back to their world, Eleanor has procedures in case: informing their parents that they ran away again, and lots of students will "run twice."

Staff

 * Eleanor West (Founder and Headmistress)
 * Kade Bronson (Assistant Headmaster)

Current Students

 * Angela
 * Christopher
 * Cora
 * Onishi Sumi
 * Seraphina
 * About Thirty-Four Unnamed Girls
 * Two Unnamed Boys

Former Students

 * Loriel Youngers (deceased)
 * Jack Wolcott (departed)
 * Jill Wolcott (departed)
 * Nancy Whitman (departed)
 * Nadya (departed)
 * Unnamed Girl from a Mirror World (departed)
 * Unnamed Boy from a Moleman World (graduated)
 * Four Unnamed Webworld Children (two departed, two unknown)
 * Unnamed Rainbow Girl (unknown fate)

Former Staff

 * Lundy (deceased)

Trivia
To be added