News
Harvard Alumni Email Forwarding Services to Remain Unchanged Despite Student Protest
News
Democracy Center to Close, Leaving Progressive Cambridge Groups Scrambling
News
Harvard Student Government Approves PSC Petition for Referendum on Israel Divestment
News
Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 Elected Co-Chair of Metropolitan Mayors Coalition
News
Cambridge Residents Slam Council Proposal to Delay Bike Lane Construction
The trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy voted yesterday to make the prep school coeducational in September.
The approved plan will admit some girl students from nearby areas as commuting students in September, and will complete co-education by next January, when dormitories become available for girl boarding students. The change will not reduce the number of boy students.
The trustees, stressing that coeducation will not mean sacrificing any part of the education of Exeter boys, visited the academy dorms yesterday afternoon to announce the decision.
"The boys are delighted," a school spokesman said. Recently, some Exeter students had been wearing pink neckties to show their support for coeducation.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.