Referring to a private school as something like "an Indiana school" or "a New York City school" or whatever, and it's not public would be considered quite stressful in some quarters ~ I can, in fact, hear those hillbillies popping their knuckles over that one ~ around here a "DC school" is part of the "DC school system" ~ it's certainly not a private school with pretentious name.
Okay, okay, sheesh! It’s not a “DC school,” it’s a “school in DC.” Good? Yes?
His kids were still going to school in DC, not in Illinois.