But I don't see John Marshall falling apart. I don't see George Wythe falling apart. The county schools and private schools are not immune to today's social ills. Recent drunk-driving and drug incidents provide insight. Usually when whites and blacks go to school together it raises the bar for black students.
Direct competition seems to affect black kids' self-worth and achievement in a positive way.
And as far as the safety factor goes, those schools that on the surface would seem safer are not always that way. Blacks have disappointed me, too. Those raking in the dough seem to be wallowing in self-indulgence. Fancy cars, expensive mag wheels, and no programs to alleviate the differences between black male and female achievement. I believe we have to catch these at-risk boys at a young age and show them the wonders of America.