[GailA]

I went to a racially mixed HS back in the 60's, whites, blacks, hispanics and a few asians. We were all treated the same. No special preference was given because of gender or race. We were expected to follow the rules and acquire an education. If you didn't take advantage of what was offered then you flunked out. We weren't having sex in the john, assaulting teachers or other students. We were there to be educated. And that is what we did acquire a HS education. The drop out rate was no higher for minority students than for white students.

[ladylib]

There is a black minority school in Jersey City, NJ, that is the highest rated high school in my state. We have excellent suburban high schools, but this one beats them all. They have a 100% graduation rate, high SATs (in fact I think last year's were higher than those in by Blue Ribbon affluent suburban school district), 96% of them go to good four year colleges, 3 percent go to two-year colleges. Every student last year passed the school exit exam. You have to take an entrance test to get in.

[oceanperch]

Notice it went haywire after MLK and the intro of muslim influence?