nnot afford to take. As a result, this school, which is 99.9% minority (it has only one Caucasian student), could not afford to teach AP classes nor could it find teachers that were qualified to teach them. In fact, for years the only teachers who volunteered to take the College Board courses were the worst teachers: those who wanted a year away from teaching or those who felt they would lose their jobs if they refused. (Interview with Gianni Magnani, 4/18/02) Additionally, JAVHS is designed to train students mostly for a future in work, rather than as a stepping-stone to college. (JAVHS website) As a result, these minority students are receiving different and inferior educations to their counterparts in predominantly white school districts. However, PMHS is nothing like JAVHS in the South Bronx. PMHS is predominantly (78%) white and is located in a wealthy suburb rather than the inner city. And yet, the minority students at PMHS appear, like the students of JAVHS, to lag behind in education. While there was an excuse at JAVHS: the scho
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