Founded in 1906, Hope Farm was a home and school for disadvantaged children in Dutchess County, New York, near Millbrook.
[1] The first high-school class (consisting of five students) graduated from Hope Farm School in 1932.
Prior to that, students attended the public high school in nearby Millbrook, New York.
Among the early Presidents of the Board of Directors were famed orthopedic surgeon Russell A. Hibbs, Edward Pulling (founder of the Millbrook School), and Arthur W. Butler.
[2] The facility later came under the auspices of Greer-Woodycrest Children's Services and, in the 1980s, received many Haitian refugees.