Burr and Burton Academy

Burr and Burton Academy (BBA) is a private,^[3] non-profit,^[4] co-educational, day and boarding school in Manchester, Vermont, United States. It was established in 1829 through a bequest from local businessman Joseph Burr.^[5]

Burr and Burton Academy
Address
57 Seminary Avenue Manchester , Vermont 05254 United States
Coordinates	43.1636875°N 73.0781602°W / 43.1636875; -73.0781602
Information
Other name	BBA
Type	Private, non-profit, day and boarding school
Motto	Offering every student a world of opportunities
Established	1829; 196 years ago (1829)
NCES School ID	A1503901[1]
Headmaster	Mark Tashjian[2]
Teaching staff	69.8 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	714 (2017-2018)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	10.2[1]
Color(s)	Green and gold
Mascot	Bulldog
Website	www.burrburton.org

In addition to serving local students and families, BBA offers a boarding program for international students.^[6]

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.^[7][8] 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;^[7] $22,487 for non-sending town students;^[7] and $59,500 for boarding international students.^[9]

Notable alumni

• James K. Batchelder, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
• Jacob Benton, congressman
• Charity Clark, Vermont Attorney General^[10]
• Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn, educator, author, social reformer and poet
• Carroll William Dodge, mycologist and lichenologist
• Richard Erdman, artist
• Fred A. Field, U.S. marshal for Vermont^[11]
• Kevin Hand, astrobiologist and planetary scientist
• John C. Hollister, tenth Connecticut adjutant general
• Lyman Enos Knapp, politician and lawyer
• Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
• John B. Page, governor of Vermont^[12]
• Kelly Pajala, member of the Vermont House of Representatives^[13]
• 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
• Mark Whalon, poet and author
• Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Notable staff

• Lyman Coleman, former principal
• Harvey Dorfman, former coach
• Richard C. Overton, former teacher
• Charles C. Stroud, former teacher