King George School (Sutton, Vermont)
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| King George School | |
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| Coordinates | 44°39′32″N 72°4′22″W / 44.65889°N 72.07278°W |
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| Type | Private therapeutic boarding school |
| Motto | If Knowledge is the amassing of information then Wisdom is the internalization of life's lessons learned through experience. |
| Established | September 15, 1998 |
| Founder | Linda Houghton[1] |
| Status | Closed |
| Closed | June 4, 2011 |
| Head of School | Gerard Jones |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus size | 300 acres (120 ha) |
The King George School (KGS) was a private year-round coeducational therapeutic boarding high school in a rural location in Sutton, Vermont. Designed for students with alternative learning styles, attention difficulties, or behavioral and emotional problems, the school largely focused on using art as a form a therapy to help students process emotions as well as teaching students to use art as a coping mechanism.[2][3][4]
Initially a member of Brown Schools, the King George School was later operated by UHS of Sutton, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services.[5] It enrolled students in grades 9 through 12; enrollment was approximately 35 students with a maximum of 60–75 students.[6][better source needed] The school closed at the end of the 2010–2011 academic year due to insufficient funding.[7]