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Manchester, Vermont Manchester is a New England town, town in, and one of two shire towns (county seats) of, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,484 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Manchester (village), Vermont, Mancheste ...

, United States. It was established in 1829 through a bequest from local businessman Joseph Burr. In addition to serving local students and families, BBA offers a boarding program for international students.

Admissions

Burr and Burton Academy accepts all students from designated "sending towns," which vote annually to approve the school's tuition and pay the cost through education funding. Admission is also open on an annual basis to students from other, non-sending towns, as well as through BBA's International Program. Tuition for the 2023–24 school year is $19,987 for sending town students; $22,487 for non-sending town students; and $59,500 for boarding international students.

Notable alumni

* James K. Batchelder, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives * Jacob Benton, congressman *

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, Vermont Attorney General * Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn, educator, author, social reformer and poet *

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, artist * Fred A. Field, U.S. marshal for Vermont * Kevin Hand, astrobiologist and planetary scientist * John C. Hollister, tenth Connecticut adjutant general * Lyman Enos Knapp, politician and lawyer *

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, American geophysicist * John B. Page, governor of Vermont * Kelly Pajala, member of the Vermont House of Representatives * Frederick M. Reed, attorney and businessman * Joseph Wickham Roe, engineer and professor * Betsy Shaw, American snowboarder * Nathan B. Smith, New York lawyer and politician * Ormsby B. Thomas, congressman * Stephen A. Walker, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York *

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, poet and author * Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Notable staff

* Lyman Coleman, former principal *

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, former coach * Richard C. Overton, former teacher * Charles C. Stroud, former teacher

References

External links

* {{Authority control Schools in Bennington County, Vermont Buildings and structures in Manchester, Vermont Private high schools in Vermont Boarding schools in Vermont Educational institutions established in 1829 1829 establishments in Vermont