<p>S1’s middle school segregated all academic classes by gender. The kids had art, music, and some gym classes together, and ate lunch together; assemblies and other special programs were always co-ed. It’s hard to do middle school right, but this was the closest I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’d advocate it for the younger elementary years or the upper school/high school years, but during the awful hormonal (etc.) upheaval of the middle school years, it sure seemed to reduce a lot of distraction and anxiety in the classroom, for both girls <em>and</em> boys.</p>