<p>Siserune:</p>
<p>What you say about CRLS is untrue.
For two years, 9th and 10th graders were taught in “homogenous classes.” This system did not exist before those two years, and was abandoned after that when the principal who instigated these reforms left. But even then, 11th and 12th graders (and advanced 9th and 10th graders) were able to take APs. As in many schools, the AP classes are demographically different from the school population as a whole. As the Harvard prof whose son is currently a junior told me, the AP classes her son are in are full of Caucasians and Asians and Asian-Americans. There are few Hispanics or African-Americans–though some CRLS African-American students I know have been absolutely stellar.
The year that 11 CRLS students were admitted into Harvard, three were children of Harvard faculty. At least two other CRLS students from that year were admitted to MIT, two to Yale, two to Stanford. None as far as I know was a recruited athlete. From the year before, several are currently in top grad schools. And that is from my small circle of acquaintances.</p>
<p>The chance of Harvard students dating local kids going to a state college is vanishingly small. The proportion of Harvard students doing drugs is probably just the same as any other college. And as any other college, they will seek out people who can cater to their needs. Again, CRLS aggregate academic performance may not be terrific; but this says absolutely nothing about the incidence of drugs at that school. The private school I referred to earlier is located in a very wealthy suburb. Years ago, I got to know a former teacher at a very expensive private school where a student had forced others to purchase drugs for him by torturing them. The teacher found about it when he noticed burn marks on some of them. That private school was located in a town very far removed from Boston/Cambridge. </p>
<p>More news:</p>
<p>[Police</a> arrest NYC man in killing at Harvard dorm - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/22/nyc_man_is_arrested_in_killing_at_harvard/]Police”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/22/nyc_man_is_arrested_in_killing_at_harvard/)</p>