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1893

In September 1893, Miss Helen "Nellie" Churchill Brown opened the Brown School in the front two rooms of her family home at 237 Liberty Street, with 12 pupils, age 8-11.

1927

In 1927 the school's curriculum expanded to include high school students, and the house next door to 1184 Rugby Road was purchased to accommodate the lower school.

1973

Brown School's enrollment in 1973 was 40 children, from nursery through grade six, of whom 10 were not born in the United States.

1984

In 1984 the school began to expand at the rate of one grade level each year.

1991

In 1991 the upper grades (K-5) moved to a facility on Eleanor Street, with the advantage of being the sole tenant and manager of its own space.

1996

The expansion to include Middle School was begun in 1996, making it essential to find a permanent home for the nursery through eighth grade school.

1999

By 1999 Brown School graduated its first eighth grade class from the 150 Corlaer location.

2013

As of 2013 the school was Schenectady's only independent non-sectarian school.

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