[citation needed] Phillips Brooks School has actively participated in efforts to make classrooms more attuned to the needs of students,[1][2] including a focus on identifying the unique ways in which each child learns.

Phillips Brooks School had purchased a 92-acre (370,000 m2) lot in Woodside, California along Interstate 280 that it planned to redevelop into a second campus.

[4] Discord in the community regarding the school's development plans was a major issue in the 2001 Woodside Town Council elections.

As reported in the local newspaper The Almanac:School officials balked over the town's open space easement language, saying it was too restrictive and would make building and operating the campus unfeasible.

Town staff countered that Phillips Brooks' easement language was too full of loopholes and would not protect areas of pristine open space. ...