Talk:Princeton High School (New Jersey)

Achievement gap

I feel like there was an article in Seventeen Magazine (yeah, I know) on this very topic. It was almost a surprise expose as I recall. I think it came out sometime between 1994-1998. Does anyone have access to it? Makemi 23:17, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

• So Seventeen Magazine and the New York Times. Was PHS mentioned directly? In that case, I understand why this section would be included. Otherwise... --RabidMonkeysEatGrass 19:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, they were both specifically about PHS. The Times article starts out "AN uneasy amalgam of pride and discontent, Caroline Mitchell sat amid the balloons and beach chairs on the front lawn of Princeton High School, watching the Class of 2004 graduate", so yeah. Makemi 20:32, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

• I may look in EBSCO or something or the library later when I get a chance for these articles. Or someone else could. D. G. 23:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

External links

RFC: Is it proper to include an external link to a site if it is the website for a PHS organisation or club? My suggestion is yes, given that that band page has been there for a long time. But inertia is not a satisfactory argument in and of itself. What is the consensus out there? -DG.

Not every club should be listed, particularly if it's just a page on the PHS web site. If it has a standalone site, then it would be far more worthy of inclusion. Alansohn 06:28, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I notice there's a few reverts on some external link recently. This already happened seperately months ago. The (weak, if any) consensus would seem to be to keep them. Please don't flip them back and forth if you feel differently, but discuss it here. This talk page section has been up for months and no one has been interested enough to opine otherwise. Yes, the so-called "consensus" I cite is basically me asking a question and Alansohn responding that maybe, perhaps, if the site is standalone, it might be more worthy of inclusion than otherwise. My point is that if there's any disagreement, discussion is more effective than backandforth reverting, and if you're not willing to use the Talk: namespace at all then that is your loss and it's not really fair for you to expect to be able to keep mucking about. D. G. 07:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Joseph Downey

It is written on the main page that Joseph Downey (the current Jazz Band director) is Anthony Biancosino's brother. Anthony Biancosino had a (biologically related) brother named Joseph Biancosino who often subbed and directed the pit orchastras for musicals at PHS in the late 1980s. Is Joseph Downey the same man, with a name change? Or is Joseph Downey actually Anthony Biancosino's brother-in-law (or ex-brother-in-law) or some other relation? One glance at the man himself should reveal the answer as Joseph Biancosino resembled his older brother Anthony quite a bit physically (and in temperment and teaching style too).

Hm, actually Tony Biancasino's brother was his identical twin (Tony just weighed a lot more), and was subbing for him while he was ill. I'm not sure who's there now. Mak (talk) 17:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Joseph Downey is the brother of Anthony Biancasino. Downey took the name of his former wife upon marrying her. He did this so as not to be "perescuted" at irish jig dancing competitions. He claims to have bee one of the most highly ranked jig dancers in the country until knee surgery in 2002-3. It is interesting to note that the surgery performed was that of the "taller" surgery. One of Downey's favorite activites is a mandatory jig lesson on Sain Patrick's Day in which he has students do ad-hoc performances for school administrators and support staff.

Format and Language Cleanup

• I feel as if this article is in for a reformatting. In the overview, there as two "as of 2006"s, which is really redundant. I also feel as if the "Awards and recognition" section should come right after the "Student Body" section and before the "achievement gap" section. Some of the information in the article should not be included as it is of no encyclopediac value, but other sections are lacking in info. Right now it seems as a few aspects of the high school as being focused on by their respective zealots. Other clubs/activities should not be forgotten. Also, some of language is amateurish and needs to be cleaned up. I need opinions on this from other people before I start revising the article and get involved in an edit war. --RabidMonkeysEatGrass 01:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Go forth! Be bold! I don't disagree with you on anything you've mentioned, the only thing people seem to be touchy about is the whole "There is no Princeton" thing, so I think as long as you don't mess with the "Princeton Township" "Princeton Borough" language too much you should be fine. Mak (talk) 02:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Go for it!. Other editors will squeal if there are any issues. Be sure to explain (or justify) your edits in the Edit Summary. Alansohn 02:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Benson / White Connection

The text that has been inserted for the supposed connection identifies explicitly as "a great deal of speculation". All that we have is an editor or two speculating. While it might be true, without reliable and verifiable sources to document the connection -- or even to document that there has been speculation -- this will be removed. Alansohn

New Ranking

As per http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/new_jersey/princeton_high --RabidMonkeysEatGrass 05:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Alumni

We list notable alumni (meaning they have an English Wikipedia article to show their notability) with sourced evidence of attendance. It's not a place to list your classmates with such dubious claims to fame as "spent a night in jail" or "ate 10 McChickens in one sitting". Meters (talk) 06:13, 12 September 2023 (UTC)