"School leaders announced last week that Aurora School, a private north Oakland school serving 76 students in kindergarten to eighth grade, would be welcoming students and educators from the Children's School beginning next year. "The more and more that we were in discussions, the more we found in common and more potential we saw in taking the best of each of our communities," said Lynsey Kamine, the head of school at Aurora School. "We also want to offer a route for the legacy of Mills' early childhood program and lab program to carry on." Aurora is expecting around 20 students to enroll from the Children's School, Kamine said."
"Mills College Children's School was established in 1926 to provide hands-on, inquiry-based learning in the early childhood years, as well as ample outdoor recreation in the extensive grounds of the Mills College campus. As a lab school, it also served as a training and research laboratory for Mills undergrads and graduate students studying education. In 2021, Mills College announced it would no longer be granting degrees or admitting students and would instead become a research institute, after years of falling enrollment and financial issues were exacerbated by the pandemic."
Aurora School will welcome students and educators from Mills College Children's School beginning next year, with around 20 students expected to enroll. The partnership combines Aurora's K–8 program with Mills' early childhood and lab-school practices to preserve program legacy. Mills College Children's School was established in 1926 to provide hands-on, inquiry-based early education, extensive outdoor recreation, and a training and research site for Mills undergraduates and graduate education students. Mills College stopped granting degrees and planned a transition to a research institute in 2021, later merging with Northeastern University; enrollment was paused and the Children's School was announced to close at the end of the school year.
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