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Boys (and Men) at St Trinian’s

Other, lesser institutions may go co-ed, but St Trinians remains proudly, monolithically, thoroughly single-gender.

However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any persons of the male gender (partial or total) in the school.

The following categories have been observed. (Sometimes with a telescope. Sometimes with a camera and while in the bath.)

a) Visiting lecturers. Some gentlemen may reside temporarily in the school while giving a course of lectures. Of course, the Headmistress trusts that they will not abuse their position in any way, such as by hiring the girls for jewel thefts, recruiting them for minions, conducting experiments on them, providing weapons of mass destruction to them, or being blackmailed by them. (Stop whimpering, man!)
b) Staff. Male teachers actually working at St Trinian’s are rare . . . but not impossible. Of course, their references had better be impeccable. Or impeccably forged. Or involve a significant amount of money under the table to the Headmistress.
c) Relatives of the Staff. It can be difficult to stop your brother/uncle/cousin/father/etcetera visiting, especially if for some reason he is being unjustly pursued by the forces of law/order/heaven/hell/hamsters.
d) Relatives of pupils. Possibly they have come to ensure that their little darling is being treated well. Possibly they have come to make sure that their little brat is being forced to toe the line. Possibly they have other plans . . . all sorts of possibilities.
e) Men From The Ministry. (Women From The Ministry are less obvious.) Here to investigate. What are they here to investigate, you may ask? Anything from bathtub gin to coca plants in the greenhouses, phone sex lines in the Sixth Form room, and world domination plans among the juniors – and health and safety standards, of course.
f) Boys. Let’s be honest here. There are times when boys may try to sneak in, either to pursue wholesome biology lessons, or for other, more unsavoury reasons. There might be many reasons why a young person of the male gender might wish to hide at St Trinian’s. But one thing is certain. He’d better look good in drag.

[OOC: Yes, this does mean that St Trinian’s isn’t going to take male students, and that any boys present are either very temporary visitors, masquerading as girls, or hiding out in the attics/cellars/secret passageways. Life is tough.]