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Park Slope Parents Of Partying Private School Kids Demand 'Times' Retraction

abalk · 09/21/07 12:00PM

Last week's very special issue in the New York Times about seventeen-year-olds in the city caused something of a scandal with a certain set of Park Slope parents—a group usually known for their calm, undemanding approach to life. David Helene, a resident of Cobble Hill and a senior at Packer Collegiate Institute, discussed the differences between his school and rival Brooklyn institution Berkeley Carroll: "I don't go to Park Slope much. I have friends who live there, but I think the kids who go to Berkeley Carroll are kind of cocky. The partying is also way more intense there than over here. They drink a lot more than we do, and I've heard that the drug use may be a little more." And now there's big trouble.