Programs from the schools. there is a big backlash for that and mayor adams is saying we re going to go in a different direction. is that a good sign in your opinion i m assuming? it is a good sign for mayor adams. he is on a roll now. he is an interesting guy. verdict is still out on him but right about the gifted and talented. the lead-in piece about thomas jefferson high school. the best high school in the country. we don t have enough hispanic and black students. the way to remedy that is to work harder with these hispanic and black students in grades 1-8 to get them so they can score higher and get into thomas jefferson on the merits. it s an interesting case. mayor adams is right about this. he is reversing the deblasio regime and there need to be these merit schools in new york city. there have been for years, very distinguished schools and they