> 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