[4] Today, the school enrolls approximately 800 students and employs 115 faculty with 99 advanced degrees and 15 PhDs among them.

[5] Park was founded in 1912 as a private K-12 school based on the principles of progressive education developed by John Dewey and others.

[9] At the time the city’s private schools had quotas severely restricting the number of Jewish students admitted, and so Park adopted a policy of accepting all religions.

[13] In 1950, Park’s student council passed a resolution calling for the school to "accept any applicant for admission, regardless of race, color or creed.

"[14] In June 1954, one month after U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregating public schools, Park's Board of Trustees voted "to receive any applications from any family suitable in interest and ambition," becoming the first private school in the city to do so.