Closed Today plus 'My School's Older Than Yours'

There are some mighty old high schools in our United States.  Or 'secondary schools' as some call them.  Here are the 5 Oldest Secondary Schools in the USA and the years in which they were founded:

1.  Boston Latin School, MA   1635; 

2.  Hartford Public High School, CT  1638; 

3.  Roxbury Latin School, MA   1645; 

4.  Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, MA   1648; 

5.  Hopkins School New Haven, CT   1660.

 

I checked on the suspicious word 'Rindge'.  Is it some kind of esoteric language related to Latin?  Turns out it's a town, so Cambridge Rindge is just like Newell Fonda.  Only waaaay older.

Source:  Top Ten of Everything 2011

All six locations of the Des Moines Public Library are closed December 23 through December 26.