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Monday, February 25, 2013

Melrose High School Ranks 170th on Racial Diversity List

Melrose High School finished behind Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical and ahead of Primavera Junior/Senior High School on the racial diversity list in Massachusetts, according to a study conducted by GoLocalWorcester.com.

Melrose High School ranked 170th on a racial diversity list for Massachusetts public high schools, according to a study conducted by GoLocalWorcester.com. According to the study, the 984 students enrolled at Melrose High were: Melrose High, one of 363 public schools included in the study, finished behind Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School in Harwich and ahead of Primavera Junior/Senior High School in Bellingham on the racial diversity list, according to the study. Malden High is the most diverse school in the state, followed by Dorchester's Boston Latin Academy and Worcester's South High Community in second and third place, respectively, according to the study. Schools were ranked based on their consistent distribution across all …

Myron Dittmer

8:21 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Why conduct such a study of high schools? What could possibly be the purpose of such a study? All you have to do is go to the source of the study and look at the list of liberal and progressive people who make up "mindsetters" of the organization...and that you give you the answer. The fact that Melrose has been participating in the METCO program for decades should tell you more about its desire …   more ›

Five Things You Need to Know Today

5 Things: Hockey Champs, Diversity Study & More

Check out the Melrose Patch 5 Things column for Monday, Feb. 25.

Here is the Melrose Patch 5 Things column for Monday, Feb. 25: 1. Hockey champs: The Melrose Middle School eighth grade hockey team beat North Andover 3-2 Sunday night to win the South Division Championship of the Valley Middle School Hockey League, according to the VMSHL website. 2. Diversity study: According to a study conducted by GoLocalWorcester.com, Melrose High School ranked 170 of 363 Massachusetts public high schools in racial diversity. 3. Cloudy day: It is expected to be a mostly cloudy day and night, with temperatures reaching a daytime high of 39 and an overnight low of 28, according to the National Weather Service's forecast for Melrose. 4. Drive for followers: Help us make the push for 2,000 "likers" of the Melrose Patch …

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