A Side Story: Linnea's Revolutionary School Plan
In their 11th year of life on Ciel's 11th birthday at year 1887, the day Tanaka came back from Hospital and Rehab...
'Ciel~!' Linnea barged into his office at tutor hours, carrying a thick wad of papers.
'What is it, Linnea?' Ciel asked her.
'Considering life for commoner kids here, I got a proposal idea to keep them out of the streets and educated with proper upbringing. But of course, upon graduating after getting an education, they can pay us back for what they spent through their employers so their salaries will go back to you until they fully-paid their debt to a school I designed.'
'A school you designed?' Ciel raised an eyebrow as Sebastian looked at the papers Linnea put on the table, while cheating with his powers.
'It seems its a school for educating Household Help, and aspiring Home-Tutors and Nurses.' he said. 'And given the current culture that emphasizes more on child labor than actually giving the children an education and proper upbringing, with the building of this Academy, we can kill two birds with one stone. Giving them Education and chances of employment, while getting back the money spent on them so their employers will be sending you their salaries until its fully-paid off.'
'I see...we'll look further into it, Linnea. Considering the Queen's revolutionary attempts to change culture, if we get approval, this can get accepted and truly revolutionize Education and making a good workforce that trained in a proper environment.' Ciel was seriously considering this. 'But I'll think about it upon seeing the curriculum first.'
'OK!' and Linnea ran off.
'...put Latin onhold for now as business is business.' Ciel stated. 'Once we finish this, its something presentable by the time I present it for consideration. You take one half, I get this half.' and splitting the thick paperwork between them and eventually switched halves...
Their eyebrows slowly raised to their hairlines.
'Sebastian...are you thinking what I'm thinking?' Ciel asked his hellish butler.
'Yes, but earning all these expenses back will take time though. Especially as a servant's salary depends on their employer's annual income. So while other occupations are somewhat-secure, its the maids to worry about. And what if they don't find work at all?'
'There's always being employed in another occupation.' said Ciel. 'And also...she's not the only one with a business idea in mind, but it needs some refining.'
Upon his coronation day...Ciel presented 'his' idea to the Queen who said she would look it over to revolutionize both children's welfare and education into creating a fully-educated, competent and capable workforce. It took a month for her to agree to his proposed idea of a revolutionized academy that also solves many problems regarding children such as health, discipline, and welfare. And as its to be a Dorm School, they get to eat plenty and healthy morning to night. The only downside was to those with families, they won't get any money from their children because their salaries will go to paying back the School Director for expenses incurred and progress depends on employer before they can send money to their families in order to keep the school running in a cycle. The Director would then send mail that 'they have fully-graduated' and can now enjoy their own money.
Thus, the school was built, double-time outside of London on a large piece of land. A huge dorm that can hold 1500 students, with 300 students per year level, and designated buildings. The Administration that also doubles as the school hospital, a Cafeteria, and a building for each occupation: Steward, Butler, Footman, Housekeeper, Lady's Maid/Gentleman's Valet, Chef, Family Nurse, Stable Management, Maid, Gardener, Governess, Tailor/Seamstress, and Weaver Training. There's Academic Classes and Practical Classes with facilities to match. The curriculum was literacy and fluency in English, Manners and Etiquette, Mathematics-plus-Abacus Training, Science, Social Do's and Don'ts, Laws of Society, Intimate Knowledge of the Peerage and Gentry as well as Privileges, and Social Studies for the Academics. The practicals is learning on the spot the jobs they're in for. And the school is to take in 300 students every year, so for children, its first come first serve in lining up. Children as young as five is to be taken in, so parents have to chaperone children.
For the boys, its UNDERSTANDABLE that the good-looking ones always becomes the Butler and Footmen. So while everyone else gets a choice in what job they want, these good-looking studs have their jobs pre-determined for them by default. But when they graduate, once they take jobs in wealthy houses, if there is already a Butler, they would become Footmen by default even if you have Butler Training. Once the current Butler retires, enjoy.
Upon graduation, households in DIRE NEED of Servants is to send mail to the school to take in the graduates.
These students are all disciplined seriously and sternly for they are to become future professionals. Good behavior is rewarded, misbehavior is punished accordingly. Bullying is NOT allowed. Victims are to report any incident no matter the threatening done, and three strikes, you're suspended and punished accordingly. After three suspensions for major offenses, the student is expelled with a debt to pay for. If a student is found missing, the adults must look for the student using patrollers. Sometimes, incidents of bullying involved stuffing the poor victim inside closets or something, anywhere that can fit in a person. If adults are negligent on the well-being of a student, they are punished. The sponsors of the school will unpredictably visit and do a spot check.
Thus the school is undergoing construction, while during that time, the training of teachers for these schools, have begun. For the Academics, they are trained in the subjects they excel in. As for the practicals, retired professionals are hired.
The catch?
These servants are trained physically hard to gain incredible physical strength, stamina, endurance, agility and speed to be deadly in Acrobatics and Balance, Martial Arts, Fencing, and Firearms too! To defend their houses! Although only the Queen and select others know that. The teachers hired and student themselves don't, and just think its a self-defense requirement nowadays. Besides, physical training is also required to be capable of enduring the profession. However, for those in the clothing industry, they only get the physical training part as they are neutral entities who don't have to worry about enemies nobility often face.
The needed people are called. Contractors, Carpenters, Plumbers and Electricians as well as Construction Workers and Landscapers. They are given blueprints and how things are supposed to be.
In the future when the school is almost completed, its Sebastian and Linnea who does the interviews, and accepting them in the job once they find them 'of standards' when Ciel is in his late teens.
Thus, in the late Victorian Era all the way to Edwardian, this school survived until living standards further changed that rendered this school redundant, and torn down.