The Taft School is a private, coeducational prep school located in Watertown, Connecticut, USA. The school was founded by Horace Dutton Taft in 1890. It has 570 students, about 470 of whom live on the 220-acre (0.89 km2) campus. Taft is a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization. Horace Taft was the brother of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States and the 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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