wooo, after reading this, I will surely not move to New Roc...my daughter is less than 2 and we are thinking of moving to Westchester...but thanks for sharing and I am sorry you had to go through that in High School - I mean witness all the violence.
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Originally Posted by ucb91
ok so i just graduated form nrhs last month and wow what a trip.... the school is what you make of it all (4,000 students way over crowded by the way))....first off let me give you the racial break down ( from a school newsletter) 40% hispanic 35% black 20% white 5% other.... that was my graduating class... now what i mean is if you are focused you can do well ... if you mess up for just 2 days of laziness you will end up in the wrong direction for your high school carrier ..... my biggest concern is safety. it is a issue ....everything is very hush though so you will never know you have to be a student to really know. in the past 4 years i have seen days were there is 7 serious fights during lunch periods, i have seen security guards taken out by ambulance because of " thugs" i have walked into the bathroom and seen kids laying on the floor from strong acid ect and who can forget about the 4 stabbing after school that actually made the news?...if you want to get a feel for the school stand on north Ave. by chicken joes around 3:10 .... that is the real nrhs (new Rochelle High School ).... now another thing is night school ( when you get kicked out of day school) i was forced to go to this terrible experience because of a councilor who "couldnt make my schedule work") these are the worst group of kids i have ever encountered... they are all legal adults ( 18+) who dont care.. they come to class with there babys and drink in the back of the class room... now Imo originally from queensbridge queens just to put this all in perspective.... and i know for a fact my high school experience was not supposed to be like this.... o yea one more thing... the principle openly admits that the school doesnt have mettle detectors because the school has 32 exits/ entrences...well i hope this helps.....good luck
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