It was started in 1997, soon after Connecticut's charter school law went into effect, by a group of public educators.
The Quaker school planned to build a new solar-powered 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2) campus on the property with occupancy expected by the fall of 2009 for grades K-8.
[5] The expansion plans were abandoned in 2015, when "the Board of Directors was forced by declining enrollment to limit the size of the school to the preschool, ages 2-5".
[6] Since September 2004 the Montessori Middle School for grades 5-8 has been in Norwalk and is currently at 24 Lois Street (off of Westport Avenue).
[7] Since September 2007 the Winston Preparatory School of New York City has operated a branch campus along West Rocks Road in Norwalk.