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A high school run jointly by 16 Franklin County school districts with Ohio State and Battelle as founding partners, a law school that traces to a 1903 YMCA program built for working adults, and the only all-girls high school in Franklin County, open since 1898.

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Traces to a 1903 YMCA legal-education program; ABA-accredited since 1950

Capital University Law School

Capital University Law School traces to 1903, when it was founded as Columbus Law School through a national YMCA program built to make legal education practical and affordable for working adults. It has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1950 and became part of Capital University in 1966; it's been a charter member of the League of Ohio Law Schools since 1934. The school still runs a part-time evening J.D. division alongside its full-time program, a structure carried over from its original YMCA mission of serving students who work during the day.

Source: Wikipedia — Capital University Law School

Open since 1898; the only all-girls high school in Franklin County

Columbus School for Girls

Columbus School for Girls opened for its first classes on September 22, 1898, and remains the only all-girls high school in Franklin County. It carries accreditation from both the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the National Association of Independent Schools, and belongs to the International Coalition of Girls' Schools, a network most Ohio schools -- coed by default -- aren't eligible to join.

Source: Wikipedia — Columbus School for Girls

Governed by a 16-district public-school consortium, with Ohio State and Battelle as founding partners

Metro Early College High School

Metro Early College High School opened in 2006 with Ohio State University and Battelle as founding partners, and is governed through the Educational Council, a confederation of 16 Franklin County public school districts -- a shared-governance structure that lets students stay enrolled in their home district while attending a separate, STEM-focused school. Metro uses mastery-based grading, requiring 90% or higher to demonstrate mastery of a standard, rather than traditional letter grades, and since the 2011-12 school year has held an Early College High School exemption letting students earn college credit through Ohio's College Credit Plus program while still in high school. It's catalogued as an Independent STEM School within the Ohio STEM Learning Network's Central Ohio hub.

Source: Wikipedia — Metro Early College High School

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