Carbondale Reporter

2023 Awards Banquet Sponsor Highlight: 

"Brehm Preparatory School was founded in 1982 by Carol Brehm and a small group of professionals in the learning disability field. Mrs. Brehm was the mother of Tyson Brehm, a high-school student with learning disabilities whose unique needs were not addressed by the public school system or by traditional boarding schools.

Tyson’s mother dreamt of school where her son and other students with learning disabilities could get the kind of specialized help they needed. The honorary shovel broke ground on the nine-acre campus in April of 1982.

By late August, four humble dorms and two modest academic buildings were built at 1245 East Grand Avenue, in Carbondale, Illinois, a location selected for its proximity to Southern Illinois University. The school doors opened that fall for 19 students being taught and supervised by 17 full- and part-time staff"

Thank you sincerely for your commitment to the carbondale educational community as well as the chamber of commerce! We look forward to continuing to partner together.

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