Hmmmm

New York City to open first gay high school.

I don’t know what to think about this. I’ve got some ideas though:

* How to does one determine who is gay enough to get in? Say I’m a geeky straight kid (not much of a stretch, eh?) and I get the snot beat out of me once a week in PS 134. If I’m not a homophobe, I’d try to get in. Harvey Milk has got what I want: rigorous academic programs, fewer (if any) bullies, and a high profile for getting into a good college.
* What about fat kids, geeks, jocks, cheerleaders, and trenchcoat mafia types? Shouldn’t they be given the same opportunity to have a supportive school to help them?
* By really pushing this school, the NYC school board is merely saying they couldn’t address the problem of tolerance in their public schools.
* I think the ex-Wall Street exec that’s the principal should have taken all his money and started a private school instead. Then no one can complain about government money being used to push a particular agenda. It’s no different than a Catholic school, a Jewish school, an art school.

So I guess I do know what to think about it. I don’t have a problem with an “exclusive” school, but I do have a problem with an “exclusive” school that uses public funds. Imagine if NYC opened a Jewish-only or Catholic-only school? How would that go over?