Education
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.