Friends School Mullica Hill

The year of two campuses described in the last post ended sourly for some.  Tensions between those working on expanding the School and those in Woodbury Monthly Meeting developed during the year and led to a dramatic meeting of the Friends School Corporation and the Woodbury Friends School Committee on May 3, 1970.  At that difficult Meeting, it was agreed that the relationship could not...

As discussed in the last post, a group of Trustees and staff from Woodbury Friends School created the Friends School of Gloucester County based on a vision of a multi-campus school with locations in Woodbury and in Mullica Hill (and perhaps more locations in the future).  During the 1969-1970 academic year, most grades continued to meet in Woodbury but some completely new grades began at Mullica...

In the last post, we discussed the rebirth of Woodbury Friends School and its growth in the 1950s.  As the School grew, space became an issue. By 1966, the School had, in spite of the space issues, added seventh and eighth grades.  Many wanted to add high school grades as well. This desire to expand led some of the teachers and overseers to form a new Friends School Corporation with a goal of...