Students, parents, teachers, alumni and community members gathered to show support for the Manhattan Country School during a June 3 rally.
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Manhattan Country School, founded in 1966, is on the brink of closing
In the hyper-competitive landscape of New York City’s private schools, Manhattan Country School bore all the hallmarks of success.
It boasted a valuable campus on a leafy Upper West Side block and a farm in the Catskills where generations of students have learned how to milk cows, weave and plant squash and beans. It also had a dedicated community of families and alumni dating to the progressive institution’s founding in 1966 at the peak of the civil rights era.