

The consolidation of the two campuses moved Woodstock students and many faculty to Bath, allowed for an expansion of the curriculum and student financial aid, as well as leading to plans to renovate some of the facilities. It was announced in January 2017 that the 127-acre Woodstock campus would be closed and sold to nearby Woodstock Academy for $14.25 million (USD). īy 2016, like other boarding schools, both the Bath and Woodstock campuses were facing declining enrollment. It currently has a K-12 charter school in the Bronx (Hyde Leadership Charter High School) and a K-6 charter school in Brooklyn (Hyde Leadership Charter School). Hyde ran a charter school in Washington, D.C. Hyde has had some impact in the public school sector.

In 1996, Hyde also purchased "a 700-acre tract of western maine woodland" in Eustis, ME, that is used as its wilderness campus. When a site became available in Woodstock, Connecticut in 1996, a second campus, known as Hyde-Woodstock, was opened on the campus of the former Annhurst College. In the 1990s, the school was also considering a "satellite school" on the West Coast, since a quarter of the student body at the time was from California. Initial expansion plans began in the 1970s, with the school considering sites in the Midwest. Opened as a school for boys, Hyde went co-ed in 1971. The school is named after the Hyde family, the original owners. The site included the Hyde Mansion with its indoor swimming pool, an educational wing built by the interim owners, the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and 145 acres of land. Loans from friends and family, as well as "donations from the three heirs of the Hyde family", funded its purchase. Gauld went on to establish the Hyde School at Elmhurst (commonly known as the Hyde Mansion), formerly the estate of "John Sedgewick Hyde, the son of Bath Iron Works (BIW) founder Thomas W. Gauld recounts how conflicts with the trustees about his educational innovations led to his resignation, although one reporter writes that he was dismissed. He first took this vision to Berwick Academy when he was appointed headmaster there.

Concerned by "sentimentalist attitude" about child-raising, he discerned that "society is blind to the reality that teens need to face and overcome difficult challenges if they are to become confident, productive, fulfilled adults." He was inspired to create a curriculum focused on "development of character and a deeper sense of purpose" than just achieving good grades, going to a good college, and having a good job. Hyde was founded in 1966 by Joe Gauld, who had previously worked for 13 years in public and private schools. Gauld who wanted to "set up a school devoted to developing self-confidence and self-discipline." History Hyde School is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school for grades 9–12 and postgraduate in Bath, Maine, United States. New England Preparatory School Athletic Council
