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Lowell High School
Lowell High School, founded in 1856, is one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River and has long been considered one of the most academically competitive public high schools in San Francisco and California more broadly. The school's admissions policy has been a recurring subject of significant public debate in San Francisco, shifting between merit-based academic admission and lottery-based admission at different points in recent years amid broader citywide debates over educational equity and access. Lowell's alumni include numerous prominent figures across politics, business, and the arts, and the school's academic reputation has made it a frequently cited example in national discussions about the tradeoffs between merit-based and equity-focused public school admissions policy. Lowell High School's combination of its long history as one of the West Coast's oldest public high schools and its position at the center of San Francisco's ongoing school admissions policy debates has made it one of the most closely watched public schools in the country.
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Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School, founded in 1635, is the oldest public school in the United States, predating even Harvard University, which was founded the following year partly to help prepare Boston Latin graduates for further education. The school's exam-based admission process and rigorous classical curriculum, historically including mandatory Latin instruction for all students, reflect an educational tradition stretching back to colonial America, making it a genuinely unique link to the earliest history of American public education. Boston Latin's notable alumni include several signers of the Declaration of Independence, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock, along with numerous other prominent historical and contemporary figures across American public life spanning nearly four centuries. Boston Latin School's combination of its status as the oldest public school in the country and its direct historical connection to America's founding generation has made it one of the most historically significant schools in American history.
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