I've ran into a lot of people for whom Harlan's "reputation" is known. Students who go there or who have went there apparently aren't seen in the best of lights unfortunately.
I know that I often do EveryBlock Chicago crime reports and often Harlan's street address comes up. A couple of weeks ago there was a shooting almost two blocks away from Harlan and the student who was shot was said to be a Harlan student.
It's great to see this Harlan in the news page at the school's official website. In fact I saw this video the day of Obama's inauguration although unfortunately I never caught the school although the interior seemed so familiar even if it was a general change over the years. This was on CBS Evening News.
And I had no idea now that Harlan actually has a Lacrosse team. I always just thought that they had a typical Basketball, Football, Baseball (they were a powerhouse let me tell you), Track & Field, and Volleyball programs. Nothing else more fancier than that.
I remember browsing thru old yearbooks. There was a number of activities for students. There were wrestling teams, swim teams, and there was once a ski club. I often believed that if Harlan was a bad school for the last decade or so, it was a better school years before that.
Here's an evaluation of Harlan from Trulia with 9 comments a few very positive, but don't get it wrong there are a few negatives. Two of them is certainly lack of parental involvement.
Still I hope that Harlan's reputation can change. Perhaps it won't have that "rough" reputation it has acquired over the years. I look forward to the day that crime reports won't be attributed to it either.
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