Burr and Burton Academy (BBA) is a private, non-profit, co-educational, day and boarding school in Manchester, Vermont, United States. It was established in 1829 through a bequest from local businessman Joseph Burr. In addition to serving local students and families, BBA offers a boarding program for international students. Admissions Burr and Burton Academy accepts all students from designated "sending towns," which vote annually to approve the school's tuition and pay the cost through education funding. Admission is also open on an annual basis to students from other, non-sending towns, as well as through BBA's International Program. Tuition for the 2022-23 school year is $19,200 for sending town students; $21,200 for non-sending town students; and $59,500 for boarding international students. Notable alumni James K. Batchelder, speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives Jacob Benton, congressman Charity Clark, Vermont Attorney General-elect Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn, educator, author, social reformer and poet Carroll William Dodge, mycologist and lichenologist Richard Erdman, artist Fred A. Field, U.S. marshal for Vermont Kevin Hand, astrobiologist and planetary scientist John C. Hollister, tenth Connecticut adjutant general Lyman Enos Knapp, politician and lawyer Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist John B. Page, governor of Vermont Kelly Pajala, member of the Vermont House of Representatives Frederick M. Reed, attorney and businessman Joseph Wickham Roe, engineer and professor Betsy Shaw, American snowboarder Ormsby B. Thomas, congressman Stephen A. Walker, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Notable staff Lyman Coleman, former principal Harvey Dorfman, former coach Richard C. Overton, former teacher Charles C. Stroud, former teacher References External links Schools in Bennington County, Vermont Buildings and structures in Manchester, Vermont Private high schools in Vermont Boarding schools in Vermont Educational institutions established in 1829 1829 establishments in Vermont