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The Doane Stuart School is an independent, coeducational school in Rensselaer, New York. School materials indicate a low student to teacher ratio and a college preparatory curriculum. The school also has emphases on community service and interfaith tolerance. The school is a member of the National Association of Episcopal Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools. ==History== The Doane Stuart School was founded in 1975 as a merger between the Roman Catholic Kenwood Academy (founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1852) and the Episcopal St. Agnes School (founded 1870).〔''Heart magazine'', December 2008, p. 14, found at (- RSCJ website ) (pdf document). Retrieved January 6, 2009.〕 This unique merger is the only known merger of a Roman Catholic school and an Episcopal school in the United States.〔 The name Doane Stuart was chosen to honor the First Episcopal Bishop of Albany, the Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, son of George Washington Doane founder of St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy, now Doane Academy, and the Roman Catholic educator, Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ. Doane Stuart was established as a co-educational school. The location chosen for the school was the campus of the old Kenwood Academy, located in south Albany. The Convent of the Sacred Heart leased space to the school, while retaining a retirement home for its sisters on the site. Initially, the school included boarding for girls as well an English as a Second Language program for foreign students. In the early 1990s, the boarding and ESL programs were ended. On March 2008, the Board of Trustees of Doane Stuart announced it had decided to end its affiliation with the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. At about the same time, the Convent of the Sacred Heart notified the school it would not renew its lease on the Kenwood campus.〔"School ends religious affiliation," The Albany ''Times Union'' Sunday, March 16, 2008. (This article reports that The Doane Stuart School's Board of Trustees voted to end the school's affiliation with The Society of the Sacred Heart and the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.)〕 In April, 2008, the Board of Directors sent a letter to school supporters stating that an offer it made to purchase a school building in Rensselaer, NY had been accepted. On Tuesday, May 20, 2008, Rensselaer voters approved 463 to 74 the sale of the Van Rensselaer Elementary school and property for $4 million to the Doane Stuart School. After a year-long renovation and restoration effort, students began classes on September 16, 2009 at the School’s permanent new campus home. Overlooking the Hudson River with views of the City of Albany, the 24 acre campus in Rensselaer provides room for future expansion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doane Stuart School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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