One of the interesting things I've heard people here say about Berkeley High is the covert discrimination in school programs. The school offers a wide range of programs, so that white, privileged students are offered a completely different schooling program from that offered to the less affluent. Therefore, the two groups go to two very different "schools" in the same location.

To read more about Berkeley High, and about public high-schools in general, you may want to check out this fabulous book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/031226...