HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Starting next school year, St. Andrew’s Priory will include something it hasn’t had in 158 years: high school boys.
The iconic St. Andrew’s Schools, founded by Queen Emma as St. Andrew’s Priory Schools for Girls, is going fully coed in an effort to ensure its long-term survival.
Like other independent schools, Priory faced a one-two punch in recent years: families having fewer children and a Hawaii economy that makes private school hard to afford, according to Ruth Fletcher, Ph.D., president and head of school…