And that would be the final step in the tragedy: dumbing down the schools.
This has been going on since at least the early 1990s. Was the guy’s name Fernandez, from Florida, who wanted to eliminate the schools completely? They changed schools chancellors like their underwear.
Stuy is of course near Chinatown. The kids go there if they possibly can, and they can.
By the way, the NY Philharmonic also has lots of Asians. They make musicians audition behind a curtain so prejudices can’t intervene.
Don’t destroy the meritocracy, folks. Wake up to American greatness.
Yes the demographics of these schools somewhat reflect the demographics of the nieborhood my child was also accepted at Stuy, but it would have been about a 2 hour commute each way every day on top of the extra work. Most people in their right mind would forego that challenge if they have other options.