[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Hogwarts-ish school in the US?

[Jennifer Boggess Ramon]

At 7:18 PM +0000 12/18/03, Steve wrote:
>--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sue4419" <sue4419 at y...> wrote:
>  >
>>  I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about if there were a
>>  school for Witchcraft and Wizardry in the U.S., where would it be
>  > located (city, state) and what would it be called?
>
>bboy_mn:
>
><snip>
>For some odd reason, I have this idea that there is a Magic School in
>San Francisco, although I have no idea why.
>
>And I'm undecided whether I want there to be a magic school in Texas.
>
>...or not.

Bear in mind that education is, by design, the responsibility of the 
individual states in the US, not the federal government.  I see no 
reason why the Wizarding World would work differently.  I had always 
imagined that each state maintained its own wizarding school, similar 
to the governor's academies for math and science (although of course 
the wizarding schools are older - perhaps the inspiration went the 
other way, when a wizard had a Squib son or daughter who was 
scientifically gifted).  Some of them (the California one, for 
instance, which I imagine existing somewhere near CalTech - after 
all, odd flying things and explosions would have an easy alibi) would 
be almost the size of Hogwarts, while others (like the Mississippi 
one) would be only a handful of students.

And yes, the one in Louisiana is probably located in New Orleans for 
security reasons, although I admit I like the idea of it being in 
Baton Rouge instead.

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