> It is interesting taht there is a much different ethnic mix in two of > the public high schools in the same school district.
> Richmond is 76% latin or hispanic and El Cerrito is 24% hispanic. > This might be a reproting problem with Wiki (they don't have the same > format for reporting ethnicity in the two school so the numbers > probably came from different places).
> There might be some kind of tracking ("He's a bad ass? Send him to > Richmond.") or possibly an ethnic self-selection. Or it jsut might > reflect different neighborhoods in the same district, I don't know.
> Mick
I'd never thought about it, but I'd be very surprised if any El Cerrito kids go to Richmond High. The character of those two towns is very different.
> > It is interesting taht there is a much different ethnic mix in two of > > the public high schools in the same school district.
> > Richmond is 76% latin or hispanic and El Cerrito is 24% hispanic. > > This might be a reproting problem with Wiki (they don't have the same > > format for reporting ethnicity in the two school so the numbers > > probably came from different places).
> > There might be some kind of tracking ("He's a bad ass? Send him to > > Richmond.") or possibly an ethnic self-selection. Or it jsut might > > reflect different neighborhoods in the same district, I don't know.
> > Mick
> I'd never thought about it, but I'd be very surprised if any El Cerrito > kids go to Richmond High. The character of those two towns is very different.
Same school district, though.
I'm not sure what to make of that. Around here when disparate towns share a school district, usually it is a result of court-ordered desegregation.
I guess when the district formed, the character of the towns was not so different?
> On Nov 4, 6:39 pm, realpch <real...@aol.com> wrote: > > M wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > It is interesting taht there is a much different ethnic mix in two of > > > the public high schools in the same school district.
> > > Richmond is 76% latin or hispanic and El Cerrito is 24% hispanic. > > > This might be a reproting problem with Wiki (they don't have the same > > > format for reporting ethnicity in the two school so the numbers > > > probably came from different places).
> > > There might be some kind of tracking ("He's a bad ass? Send him to > > > Richmond.") or possibly an ethnic self-selection. Or it jsut might > > > reflect different neighborhoods in the same district, I don't know.
> > > Mick
> > I'd never thought about it, but I'd be very surprised if any El Cerrito > > kids go to Richmond High. The character of those two towns is very different.
> Same school district, though.
> I'm not sure what to make of that. Around here when disparate towns > share a school district, usually it is a result of court-ordered > desegregation.
> I guess when the district formed, the character of the towns was not > so different?
> Mick
Hmmm. Apparently there was a desegration order in 1969. I didn't live here then. I believe that around that time there were riots and large areas of downtown Richmond burned, or so I have been told by longtime residents, and I've seen the vacant lots and the closed storefronts. Being built up there now, or tentatively reused. Guess it takes a long time for areas like that to rehab/repurpose.
>>> I thought it was strange that there would be two public high schools >>> located less than a quarter-mile apart. Where I grew up there was >>> a distance of about three miles between high schools. >> Where I grew up, there was only one HS in the county. >> And only 92 counties in the whole state.
> I'm sorry but I can't remember from what state you moved to > California, but IIRC it's in the midwest.
Indiana.
> 92 counties is a lot > compared to California's 58 counties. And of course there > probably are small populated counties in California with > only one high school.
Our county HS had 1000 students, including junior high.
> On Nov 4, 6:39 pm, realpch <real...@aol.com> wrote: > > M wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > It is interesting taht there is a much different ethnic mix in two of > > > the public high schools in the same school district.
> > > Richmond is 76% latin or hispanic and El Cerrito is 24% hispanic. > > > This might be a reproting problem with Wiki (they don't have the same > > > format for reporting ethnicity in the two school so the numbers > > > probably came from different places).
> > > There might be some kind of tracking ("He's a bad ass? Send him to > > > Richmond.") or possibly an ethnic self-selection. Or it jsut might > > > reflect different neighborhoods in the same district, I don't know.
> > > Mick
> > I'd never thought about it, but I'd be very surprised if any El Cerrito > > kids go to Richmond High. The character of those two towns is very different.
> Same school district, though.
> I'm not sure what to make of that. Around here when disparate towns > share a school district, usually it is a result of court-ordered > desegregation.
> I guess when the district formed, the character of the towns was not > so different?
> Mick
Well, I can't find the history of when this school district was created. In this area, I know that there was a large influx of war workers. White and black. There was limited housing, so you see some very small houses in my immediate area, which I imagine were built to take advantage of the new workers arriving. I have been told that people were living anywhere they could, like handy garages. Another thing I do know, is that there is an area of housing nearby, which was all black. They were supposed to go there, I guess, to keep everything nice and tidy! Which I suppose would imply some former homogeneity.
M wrote: > On Nov 4, 6:39 pm, realpch <real...@aol.com> wrote: > > M wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > It is interesting taht there is a much different ethnic mix in two of > > > the public high schools in the same school district.
> > > Richmond is 76% latin or hispanic and El Cerrito is 24% hispanic. > > > This might be a reproting problem with Wiki (they don't have the same > > > format for reporting ethnicity in the two school so the numbers > > > probably came from different places).
> > > There might be some kind of tracking ("He's a bad ass? Send him to > > > Richmond.") or possibly an ethnic self-selection. Or it jsut might > > > reflect different neighborhoods in the same district, I don't know.
> > > Mick
> > I'd never thought about it, but I'd be very surprised if any El Cerrito > > kids go to Richmond High. The character of those two towns is very different.
> Same school district, though.
> I'm not sure what to make of that. Around here when disparate towns > share a school district, usually it is a result of court-ordered > desegregation.
> I guess when the district formed, the character of the towns was not > so different?
> Mick
Talking about Richmond, the remains of Laci Peterson and unborn son washed ashore in Richmond.
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