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« on: August 28, 2005, 05:42:11 PM »
I went to HHS in the early 80's (9/79-6/83), and I remember when I was a freshman there was a big fight between some blacks and whites. Other than that I dont remember any kind of racial tensions at the school. As for violence, it was actually quite minimal, compared to what I used to hear about towns like Paterson and Newark. In fact, in my junior and senior years we had an influx of students coming to school from Paterson schools due to the violence going on there. This was the pre-Joe Clark days. Joe Clark was the principal of one of the HS's in Paterson who inspired the movie Lean on Me starring Morgan Freeman. To the editor, you wrote that you went to St. Joe's in Montvale, while your siblings went to HHS. It's funny you mention St. Joe's because my brother went to St.Joes in Montvale. He was there on a basketball scholarship. I'm wondering if you were there the same time he was there