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New Park School was an independent preparatory school in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The school was founded in 1933 by Cuthbert Dixon,〔The New Park Register 1933-1983〕〔(‘Old Boy’ At New Park – Fife Today, 26 September 2003 )〕 a teacher at Merchiston Castle School. The school was situated at Hepburn Gardens, a residential area of St Andrews. In addition, the school owned playing fields at Priory Acres off the Canongate, on the other side of the Kinness Burn. In 1986, part of the playing fields were put on the market for residential development.〔(Advertisement in The Glasgow Herald, 5 February 1986 )〕 The school continued to use the remaining playing fields until it closed in 2005. Initially the school had 13 boys, all of whom were day pupils. Within a few years the school had expanded, and by 1938 there were 20 pupils including 10 boarders. Numbers continued to increase, particularly in the post-war period. In the 1970s, New Park admitted its first girls. By the time the school closed in 2005, there were roughly equal numbers of boys and girls. As times changed, boarding became less popular, and by the mid-1990s boarding at New Park had ceased. == Merger with St Leonards == When the other preparatory school in St Andrews, the previously girls-only St Leonards Junior School began accepting boys, New Park struggled to recruit new pupils. St Leonards also suffered from a decline in pupil numbers, and talks between the schools continued for several years.〔(Schools Merger Plan Falls Through – Fife Today, 31 May 2002 )〕 Eventually, in March 2005 it was announced〔(Aiming For The Top With Schools Merger – Fife Today, 10 March 2005 )〕 that New Park would merge with St Leonards Junior School, to form St Leonards-New Park. The merged school would use the St Leonards campus. The announcement was met with a mixed reaction from New Park parents.〔(Mixed Views On School Merger – Fife Today, 18 March 2005 )〕 St Leonards have announced〔(St Leonards Junior School Redevelopment )〕 a major redevelopment of their Junior School, which will change its name from St Leonards-New Park to St Leonards Junior School. The project, commencing in June 2011, will cost £2.5m, and is being funded by the New Park Educational Trust. The New Park name will be used for the redeveloped area of the St Leonards site. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Park School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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