In hindsight, Less Wrong probably fits the description of such an "ideal" situation:

Actually, I imagine that the most "ideal" situation would be to find one such... ...group with a collective goal and study as a part of such a "school".

LW is larger than the school which I was imagining, one with only a handful of students, and I am currently inexperienced to engage myself in most LW discussions. But, of course, eventually making sense of the core sequences is definitely one of my goals, along with someday being a productive contributor.