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As a temporary measure, this could be a good thing. Part of the recent supreme court desictions about affirmative action in colleges is it recognized that the culture of a university is important to the college experience. If this unique school provides a more positive environment, then its cool.
In the long run, this is a bad idea. The rest of society needs to get a clue.
As for this being a waste of resources, 100 students is what percent of the New York city school system? At that scale, its just a matter of how you group students.
Although this does sound like segregation, I'll bet this is a school that you have to ask to go to, and aren't at all guaranteed a spot. Its a case of you can if you want, as compared to a case of you can't even if you want to.
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