In Hamptons, Ethnicity, Class and Suicide Lead School to Reach Out

But, asked to reflect on the year that was, he sighed and moved his hand up and down, suggesting a roller coaster. “Resiliency,” he said. “That’s my theme word for graduation.” </P>This has been a year like none other for East Hampton High, which faced an uncomfortable ethnic integration problem that had been festering in the background for years but was thrust to the foreground by a tragedy at the opening of the school year. </P>A 16-year-old junior from Ecuador, David

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