Burr and Burton Academy
School in Manchester, Vermont, United States
Burr and Burton Academy (BBA ) is a private ,[ 3] non-profit ,[ 4] co-educational , day and boarding school in Manchester, Vermont , United States. It was established in 1829 through a bequest from local businessman Joseph Burr.[ 5]
In addition to serving local students and families, BBA offers a boarding program for international students.[ 6]
Admissions
Burr and Burton Academy accepts all students from designated "sending towns," which vote annually to approve the school's tuition and pay the cost through education funding.[ 7] [ 8] Admission is also open on an annual basis to students from other, non-sending towns, as well as through BBA's International Program.
Tuition for the 2023-24 school year is $19,987 for sending town students;[ 9] $22,487 for non-sending town students;[ 10] and $59,500 for boarding international students.[ 11]
Notable alumni
James K. Batchelder , Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
Jacob Benton , congressman
Charity Clark , Vermont Attorney General[ 12]
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn , educator, author, social reformer and poet
Carroll William Dodge , mycologist and lichenologist
Richard Erdman , artist
Fred A. Field , U.S. marshal for Vermont[ 13]
Kevin Hand , astrobiologist and planetary scientist
John C. Hollister , tenth Connecticut adjutant general
Lyman Enos Knapp , politician and lawyer
Marcia Neugebauer , American geophysicist
John B. Page , governor of Vermont[ 14]
Kelly Pajala , member of the Vermont House of Representatives[ 15]
Frederick M. Reed , attorney and businessman
Joseph Wickham Roe , engineer and professor
Betsy Shaw , American snowboarder
Nathan B. Smith , New York lawyer and politician
Ormsby B. Thomas , congressman
Stephen A. Walker , U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York
Mark Whalon , poet and author
Bill Wilson , co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Notable staff
References
^ a b c d
"Search for Private Schools – School Detail for BURR & BURTON ACADEMY" . National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
^ "Headmaster's Welcome" . Burr and Burton Academy . Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
^ "Directory of Vermont Independent Schools | Agency of Education" . education.vermont.gov . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | Ways to Give" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr And Burton Academy" . www.americantowns.com . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | International Program Information" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | Tuition Fee and Financial Aid" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | Admission Process" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | Tuition Fee and Financial Aid" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | Tuition Fee and Financial Aid" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ "Burr and Burton Academy | International Tuition & Fees" . www.burrburton.org . Retrieved May 19, 2022 .
^ Banner, Greg Sukiennik, Bennington. "Charity Clark, top official in Attorney General's office, running for position" . Bennington Banner . {{cite web }}
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^ Dodge, Prentiss Cutler (1912). Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography . Burlington, VT: Ullery Publishing Company. pp. 188 –189 – via Internet Archive .
^ Smith, Henry Perry (1886). History of Rutland County, Vermont . Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co. pp. 922–923 – via Internet Archive .
^ "Representative Kelly Pajala" . Vermont General Assembly . Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021 .
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