True to Their Public High Schools; Powerful Alumni Aid Major Fund- Raising; At Boston Latin, Goal Is $60 Million

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: Pamela Ferdinand | Copyright information

With an opulence typically reserved for the likes of an elite university or private academy, the nation's oldest public school will formally launch a $60 million fund-raising campaign this month at a daylong education symposium followed by a glittering black-tie dinner gala here in the grand ballroom of Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.

Boston Latin School, the city's premier public high school, already has raised nearly $18 million in private pledges and gifts during the "silent" phase of ...

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