From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:23:09 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >As to the NYC Board of Ed, TCM just aired "Up the Down Staircase".  I had   
   mixed feelings about the film, like the school having but a single vice   
   principal to handle 3,000 rough kids, and no in-school security personnel or   
   cops.   
      
   Granted that the book is alleged to depict the NYC system in the late   
   1960s/early 1970s (?) my brothers' experience was with Thomas   
   Jefferson HS in the mid-1950s and Stuyvesant HS in the mid 1960s,  my   
   late first wife's experience was with Midwood HS in the late 1950s   
   (she went on to become a teacher but not in the NYC system) while my   
   personal experience with Stuyvesant HS was in the early 1950s.  IIRC   
   we did not have more than one  "vice principal" and there were no   
   security personnel nor need for same.   
      
   Then again those were quieter and safer times and Stuy was a "geek   
   school" both then and now.  Jeff has completely decayed with the   
   neighborhood (which I understand is now being redeveloped == "urban   
   development").  I have no idea about Midwood.   
      
   "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please"   
      
   Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR   
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