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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_re_us/boys_only_school"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080904/capt.442d829f4f824bda92d8334899496754.boys_only_latin_pajl201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Z15kcX4HkY9wN6DxmObjMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Richard Cherry Jr., right, 15, departs Boys' Latin of Philadelphia with his father, Richard Cherry Sr, in Philadelphia Tuesday July 15, 2008. Boys' Latin of Philadelphia, one of the city's newer charter schools, aims to be an educational beacon in the financially and academically troubled district. But because it is single sex public school — one of four in Philadelphia — it faced huge opposition and almost didn't exist. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and — to top it all off — no girls.</p><br clear="all"/>