Principal Reads Black Males The Riot Act

Principal Reads Black Males The Riot Act | New Haven Independent

At Hillhouse High’s graduation this month, 97 girls and 75 boys will get diplomas. Two-thirds of the boys who entered the school freshman year didn’t make it.

Principal Kermit Carolina, a former basketball coach who took over the school last fall, summoned the boys on the morning after prom to send a message: Under his watch, he vowed, “This will not happen again.”