Phillips Brooks School

The Phillips Brooks School is an independent, coeducational, preschool-grade 5-day school located in Menlo Park, California. The school is commonly known as PBS and was founded in 1978 by a group of teachers and administrators who split off from the nearby Trinity School. The enrollment of PBS is 270 students. The school has the smallest class sizes of any school of its kind in the area.

Phillips Brooks School
Address
2245 Avy Avenue

Menlo Park
,
CA
94025

USA
Coordinates37°25′45″N 122°12′16″W
Information
MottoInspired learners. Inspiring life.
Established1978
Head of schoolDr. Scott Erickson
GradesPreschool (age 3) – 5th
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment292
Average class size20
Student to teacher ratio7.5:1
Campus typeSuburban
AccreditationCalifornia Association of Independent Schools
Tuition$36,475–$43,400
Websitewww.phillipsbrooks.org

Phillips Brooks School has actively participated in efforts to make classrooms more attuned to the needs of students,[1][2] including a focus on identifying the unique ways in which each child learns.[3]

The school is named after Phillips Brooks.

Potential second campus

Phillips Brooks School had purchased a 92-acre (370,000 m2) lot in Woodside, California along Interstate 280 that it planned to redevelop into a second campus. Environmentalists expressed concern that the plans would result in the loss of 1,000 oak trees.[4] Discord in the community regarding the school's development plans was a major issue in the 2001 Woodside Town Council elections.[5] Ultimately the city government blocked the plans. As reported in the local newspaper The Almanac:

School officials balked over the town's open space easement language, saying it was too restrictive and would make building and operating the campus unfeasible. Town staff countered that Phillips Brooks' easement language was too full of loopholes and would not protect areas of pristine open space. ... The project was denied on a 4-3 vote.[6]

References
  1. SCHOOLS: Teachers taught to tune into students' needs - Children's Health Council regional site for teacher training. Palo Alto Weekly, September 8, 1999
  2. Breaking the 'boy code': New movement advocates adapting schools and society to what works for boys, San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 2003
  3. NEW VIEWS OF HOW KIDS LEARN TEACHERS ARE TRAINED TO SPOT DIFFERENCES, San Jose Mercury News, August 14, 1999
  4. SCHOOL PROPOSED IN WOODSIDE HILLS, San Jose Mercury-News, April 10, 2002
  5. Andrea Gemmet, "Voter Guide 2001: Contentious campaign for Woodside council", The Almanac, October 24, 2001
  6. Andrea Gemmet, "Phillips Brooks School drops Woodside campus plan", The Almanac, October 2, 2002, via Green Foothills, archived from the original on September 12, 2003
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.