The public school progress report of the Department of Education published in your Nov. 15 issue grievously misrepresents DeWitt Clinton High School’s achievements past and present for the Bronx, the city and the world.
The report measured certain numerical quantifiable factors while ignoring many positive qualifications. For example, some or many other schools use permissible but more lenient grading methods. This factor alone would have accounted for a full letter grade higher for Clinton were it less demanding of true achievement.
Clinton has more than 10 times as many students as other Bronx schools and is a veritable United Nations school preparing for college children from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe who enter the school with limited proficiency in English, but who receive millions of dollars in scholarships and grants upon graduation to attend some of the most selective colleges and universities in the nation.
The people of Norwood, the Bronx, the city and the world have every reason to be proud of DeWitt Clinton High School.
Henry Kelly
The writer is a librarian at DeWitt Clinton High School.
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