The school in Ingleby Barwick would be state funded but set up by parents or other community groups and independently run.
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Ms Copeland, 21, of Ingleby Barwick, and her rowing partner Sophie Hosking, 26, won the women's lightweight double sculls event during London 2012.
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Nigel Morris and George Rock of Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, along with a Lincs and a Welsh rower, are hoping to finish the 2, 500-mile trip in 55 days.
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