Gulliver Preparatory School
private, independent school
Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private co-educational school. Its management offices are in Kendall, Florida, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its previous administrative offices were in Coral Gables, Florida.
History
20th century
Gulliver Academy was founded in 1926 by Arthur Gulliver in Coconut Grove, Gulliver School was likened to the prestigious academies of the Northeast, initially attracting families who spent the winter months in Florida. In 1952 Marian Krutulis purchased it, reopening it in 1954 and moving it to the Coral Gables site in 1967. High School classes were added; the first senior class graduated in 1977. It is a for-profit school. The Miller Drive Campus opened in 1996.
21st century
Marian Cline Krutulis, the school's owner, also served as director of the school until 2007 when she was succeeded by her son, John Krutulis. Jonathan M. Schoenwald became the principal of the prep school in 2014.
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