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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I think that is why you hear folks say "Cathedral Schools," not "Cathedral School."[/quote]

The usage isn't all that common outside of this board, which was sort of the point.  In my 40+ years here, Cathedral has always meant NCS only.   That said, I recognize that not everyone has been in DC as long as I have. [/quote]

The "Cathedral schools" is, in fact, common outside of this board.  It's used by many in our community.  The schools don't just share the close, they are also all legal subsidiaries of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation.  So the phrase is short-hand for all 3 educational instiutions under that umbrella.

That said, if you say only "Cathedral" and not "Cathedral schools," then you are in fact refering to NCS alone.  [/quote]

I think the point of OP is that the high schools (NCS and STA) offer a single gender (not coed) edcuation experience.  As some have noted, single gender schools offer some limited cross registration, but the schools are not coed.   I don't think anyone would dispute that a single gender education experience is quite different from a coed experience (though I have no doubt we could generate quite a thread on which is "better")   The simple truth is that one of these approachs (coed or single gender) is better for YOUR child.  As a parent you have to figure out which approach works best for YOUR child.  There is little value in trying to convince someone else of what is best for THEIR child.[/quote]

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