[3] This board consists of parents of former and current Brehm students, the Executive Leadership Team, a member of the faculty, and other interested parties.

Vernon, Illinois, and was the mother of Tyson Brehm, a high-school student with learning disabilities.

She founded the school in order to provide a program which would meet the needs of her son and other children with learning disabilities.

Carbondale was selected largely due to proximity to resources in higher education such as Southern Illinois University and John A. Logan College.

[5] Weekend recreation allows for more involved activities such as hiking, trips to St. Louis sites such as the zoo, museum, water park (once or twice a year) sporting events, and Southern Illinois University sponsored events (opera, theater, ballet, lectures, and more).