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Fairmont Schools company history timeline

1953

Fairmont was founded in 1953 by public school educator Kenneth Holt.

1955

The first Fairmont campus opened in September, 1955 with 65 students, spanning kindergarten through 8th grade.

1959

David Jackson, son of Fairmont founders Kenneth and Helen Holt, grew up with Fairmont and first joined as a staff member in 1959 as a Junior Camp Counselor.

1979

In 1979, the family appointed second-generation family member, David Jackson as owner and leader of Fairmont.

Jackson back to Orange County, and he re-joined Fairmont in 1979 as Business Manager.

In 1979, David R. Jackson stepped into his stepfather’s shoes as Fairmont’s leader.

1993

Jackson in 1993, and Fairmont San Juan Capistrano — the first South Orange County campus.

2014

In 2014, Fairmont Education Group established a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE) in mainland China, with the name Empowering Dreams (Shanghai) Cultural Communications Co.

2018

In 2018, Chad Jackson stepped into a leadership role as Fairmont’s President, guided by his father’s and grandfather’s original vision of learning without limits.

2020

And in 2020, his dream to add a South Orange County school to the Fairmont family became a reality with the purchase of the San Juan Capistrano campus.

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