[kathykd2005]

Although this is a sad occasion for many alums, if this is the only way the school can survive, they should be happy that their alma mater can even remain operating--males or no males. My school went co-ed in 1989, and although many alums were upset about the change, they would have been more upset if their school closed altogether. It is very difficult to run a single-sex higher educational instituation these days, because most teenagers make their own decisions on where to go to college, unlike high schools, where their parents can decide for them. No teenager who is away from their parents for the first time would want to go to an all-girls or all-boys school--it's just not feasible in today's society, although it would probably be beneficial to their learning experience. I teach at an all-girls' high school, and they are definitely more focused than at the co-ed schools I have taught at before.