Forman School

The Forman School is a boarding and day school in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA offering a college preparatory program in grades 9 to 12. The school was founded in 1930 by John and Julie Ripley Forman. The Formans began with three students who hadn't had a history of academic success. Mr. Forman later said, "Of one thing, I am certain -- that the first year, with three boys and two teachers beside ourselves -- was our busiest." The school grew over the years into a gateway to college for learning disabled students. Most of the students were bright with language-based disabilities, most notably dyslexia. In the 1980s, Forman was the subject of a Time magazine profile highlighting its success with dyslectics, and it counted two children of...