Woodstock Academy - Governance and Service Area

Governance and Service Area

The school is not within any school district and is not controlled by any municipality; therefore it describes itself as an "independent school." The Connecticut State Department of Education does not list Woodstock in its list of non-public schools and therefore considers Woodstock to be a "public school" because the state of Connecticut oversees and finances the school. Woodstock Academy is also independently funded by student tuition and a growing endowment. Woodstock is a member of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education and the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools. The New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Incorporated accredits Woodstock Academy as an "independent school". A 1997 Hartford Courant article described the school as a "a quasi- private, independent school". A 1990 Worcester Telegram & Gazette article described the school as "a privately endowed secondary school incorporated by the state to act as the town's public high".

The school serves the towns of Woodstock, Eastford, and Pomfret. As of that year it is the only secondary school that serves the town of Woodstock. In 1980 the Associated Press stated that the school serves the three towns in a manner that a public high school would. As of 1980 the school receives most of its funds from the three towns, while some maintenance expenses are paid from a private endowment fund. In 1980 the Associated Press said that Woodstock is "incorporated like a private school but functions like a public school." A board of thirty individuals from the region operates the school.