Hard to believe, but Boston does have other high schools

It was a bit jarring to be reminded that a dean at English SHOT one of his former students last year and that got less coverage than racial issues at BLS, which were deemed severe enough to push out the headmaster. Who at BPS ever was penalized for the employment of that dean? Hmm....

Second, as a middle class white person in Roslindale, who doesn't have kids in upper level non-exam BPS, it's also jarring to read these kids at Community Academy talk so much about have to worry about who from which neighborhoods at various schools they might have problems with, etc.. Like as a standard, salient review point like we might consider the availability of AWC or co-curriculars. Some of these kids are at least on the fringes of gangs so that makes sense but just another stark reminder of just how different the experiences of our school ages kids are within the city vs. say Westwood.