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[edit]The Park School of Brookline is not located in the Passaic School District. That district is in New Jersey and we are located in Brookline, MA and are not part of an educational district.
See information below that appears on Google searches: The Park School Directions The Park School is an independent day school in Brookline, Massachusetts, for boys and girls in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade. Wikipedia Address: 171 Goddard Ave, Brookline, MA 02445 Hours: Open today · 8:00 am – 5:30 pm District: Passaic County Educationa Phone: (617) 277-2456 Founded: 1888
TPS1888 (talk) 14:21, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
- TPS1888, it seems you can edit the article, so go ahead and fix it. Frietjes (talk) 15:10, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
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Conflict-of-interest disclosure
[edit]I am an employee of The Park School and edit under this individual account. On August 31, 2026, I updated several basic facts in the article’s infobox and notable alumni section. I am disclosing my affiliation here in accordance with Wikipedia’s paid-contribution and conflict-of-interest guidance. Going forward, I will use the Talk page to request substantive changes. Park1888 (talk) 13:34, 31 August 2026 (UTC)
Request to revise and cite the History and Construction sections
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I am an employee of The Park School and have disclosed this affiliation on my user page. I am requesting that the current History and Construction sections be replaced with the more concise, neutrally worded, and inline-cited text below. I am also proposing that the heading “Construction” be changed to “Campus and architecture” to better reflect the section’s content.
Most of the historical information is documented in Jay Howland’s published centennial history of the School. I have also included independent architectural documentation from the National Academy of Design and Buildings of New England.
== History ==
The Park School was founded in 1888, when Caroline Augusta Pierce opened a school for children from neighboring families at 346–348 Walnut Street in Brookline. During its first year, the school consisted of Pierce, her assistant Edith Weston, and 16 students.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Howland
|first=Jay
|title=The Park School: One Hundred Years, 1888–1988
|location=Brookline, Massachusetts
|publisher=The Park School
|year=1988
|pages=2–14
}}</ref>
In 1905, the school moved to a purpose-built schoolhouse designed by the Boston architectural firm Wheelwright & Haven.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Howland
|first=Jay
|title=The Park School: One Hundred Years, 1888–1988
|location=Brookline, Massachusetts
|publisher=The Park School
|year=1988
|page=11
}}</ref>
Under Pierce's successor, Julia Park, the school became known as Miss Park's School. It was formally incorporated as The Park School in 1923 and named in Park's honor.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Howland
|first=Jay
|title=The Park School: One Hundred Years, 1888–1988
|location=Brookline, Massachusetts
|publisher=The Park School
|year=1988
|pages=15–33
}}</ref>
In 1971, the school relocated to its current campus on Goddard Avenue. The move was made possible by a donation of land from James and Mary Faulkner.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Howland
|first=Jay
|title=The Park School: One Hundred Years, 1888–1988
|location=Brookline, Massachusetts
|publisher=The Park School
|year=1988
|pages=131–133
}}</ref>
== Campus and architecture ==
The main building on the Goddard Avenue campus was designed by architect Earl R. Flansburgh and completed in 1971.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Howland
|first=Jay
|title=The Park School: One Hundred Years, 1888–1988
|location=Brookline, Massachusetts
|publisher=The Park School
|year=1988
|page=133
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=The Park School, Brookline, Massachusetts
|url=https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com/objects/10829/the-park-school-brookline-massachusetts
|website=National Academy of Design
|access-date=August 31, 2026
}}</ref>
The building is constructed primarily from reinforced precast concrete and is associated with Brutalist architecture.<ref>{{cite web
|title=The Park School – Main Building // 1971
|url=https://buildingsofnewengland.com/2020/12/15/the-park-school-main-building-1971/
|website=Buildings of New England
|date=December 15, 2020
|access-date=August 31, 2026
}}</ref>
An interior courtyard contains ''Space Churn'', a stainless-steel kinetic sculpture by American artist George Rickey.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Howland
|first=Jay
|title=The Park School: One Hundred Years, 1888–1988
|location=Brookline, Massachusetts
|publisher=The Park School
|year=1988
|page=174
}}</ref>
Thank you for reviewing this request. ~2026-47598-92 (talk) 19:12, 1 September 2026 (UTC)