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Article: San Francisco -- tale of two cities by the bay
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- The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2002
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There is no "other side of the tracks" in San Francisco. But for children, there might as well be. The city is split in two.
On one side, kids are graduating from San Francisco's public high schools ready for college at the highest rate in California.
On the other side, kids are being locked up in juvenile hall at the highest rate in California.
These are the puzzling findings of a new report that ranks California's 15 largest counties in terms of youth health and safety. San Francisco was on top in two categories -- graduation and incarceration.
"It's a tale of two cities," says Deborah Vargas of the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco.
"If you look at the ...