- Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School is a non-profit
independent school , located in Harvey West,Santa Cruz, California , USA, and named after pioneerGeorgiana Bruce Kirby . The school educates in grades 6-12 and the Head of School is M Joshua Karter. It serves 260 students in the 2008-09 academic year.Established in 1994 as a grade 7-10 school, it was incorporated as non-profit in 1998 when it merged with Popper Keizer Honors High School, expanding to include grades 11-12. Grade 6 was added in 2004. [http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/cc/archives/07/1-9meeting/1-9rpt/fn867.htm "Public Hearing for the Financing of Capital Improvements to the Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, Santa Cruz, California - Through Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Finance Authority for Non-Profit Corporations"] , Santa Cruz City Council, 14 December 2006]
In August 2006, the school administration decided to move to the former Tarantella building located at the base of Pogonip Park. At 45,000 square feet, this was double the size of the previous school. The project cost $11 million, $9 million of which was financed with a bond issue. [ [http://www.gtweekly.com/news/education/out-with-the-sco-in-with-the-school "Out with the SCO, in with the School - Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School makes a bold move"] , Peter Koht, Good Times, 25 April 2007] At the beginning of May 2007, the school completed the move to the new building.
References
ee also
* Santa Cruz County high schools
External links
* [http://www.kirby.org Official site]
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