On April 23, neighbors of the Berkshire Farm property near the shores of Queechy Lake in Canaan, New York, were informed that Darrow School, an independent college preparatory school of 110 students located about four miles away in nearby New Lebanon on Darrow Road, would soon be purchasing the 700-acre property. The reason for the puchase is Darrow’s upcoming expansion into the domain of elite youth hockey, an undertaking that will almost triple its current student population with athletes from around the world.
Darrow’s April 28 press release characterizes the purchase as
“a decisive move that expands capacity and strengthens the residential experience at a moment when the School has reached the limits of its current footprint. . . . The acquisition is not a departure from Darrow Road, but an extension of it. It removes the immediate capacity constraint and creates a clear path to scale thoughtfully, wh…
