Khalil Gibran was a poet, and I believe that the focus of the school is cultural, as is the new Asian High School that is being built or recently opened here in Queens. Although the focus is on the Arabic culture any student can apply if they are interested.
I have mixed feelings about the schools -- we've fought too hard to integrate here in New York, and it still hasn't happened. Schools are basically composed of children of the segregated communities that NYC is composed of. And schools in poorer communities still get the short end of the stick.
After 911 I can understand Arabs