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Brenner: Darien School District Shouldn’t Buy Pear Tree Point School Property

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Schools Superintendent Dan Brenner in the past two weeks has gone from seeming reservations to outright rejection of the idea to buy the land and buildings of Pear Tree Point School, which is going defunct at the end of the school year. Brenner explained his reasons to the Board of Education last week: The property, located on a prime piece of real estate in town, is too pricey; and the buildings aren’t suited to classroom sizes of Darien Public Schools. Also, there’s no cafeteria. Brenner also said that the property doesn’t fit in with the master plan for the district’s facilities. “We have taken a look, just because a lot of community members have approached me, saying, ‘Did you know?

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Why Pear Tree Point School Closed and Possibilities for the Future, According to Its Headmaster

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The economic downturn in 2007 and 2008 led to a drop in births in this area, and some other economic factors have also made it difficult for private schools in Fairfield County to survive, said David Trigaux, headmaster of Pear Tree Point School, which will close at the end of the school year. “We’re the fourth independent school to close in this area,” Trigaux said in an interview Wednesday. He listed three recent closings: Canaan Ridge School in North Stamford, Connecticut Friends School (which now serves preschool children) in Wilton and the Beacon School in Stamford. The economic jolts 10 years ago “produced a super low birth rate, so that produced fewer children over time,” Trigaux said. In later years, there were fewer families with high-paying financial breadwinners, and that cut back the demand for private education in general.

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Pear Tree Point School closing 09-27-17

UPDATED: Pear Tree Point School to Close at End of This Academic Year

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Pear Tree Point School will close at the end of the academic year, Headmaster David Trigaux has announced in a statement on the private school’s website. _________

Editor’s note: This article has been updated at 1:28 p.m., with revisions of enrollment figures and the acreage of the school property added in italics. Further information about the school’s closing is here:

Why Pear Tree Point School Closed and Possibilities for the Future, According to Its Headmaster (Wednesday, Sept. 27)

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Parents of the co-educational day school’s 64 students in Kindergarten through Grade 6, who come from Darien and other area towns, will be looking for other schools for their children. Some fraction of the students might attend Darien public schools starting next school year, as a result.

(The school website has a figure of 120 students, but Trigaux said Wednesday that the number is currently 64.