[ikailan]

This reminds me of an older article from the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113236377590902105.html

Note that Monta Vista doesn't have an entrance exam - parents of students that work hard want to be around students that work at the same level.

"The two schools, put another way that parents rarely articulate so bluntly, are too Asian."

"'This may not sound good,' she confides, 'but their child may be the only Caucasian kid in the class.'"

The difference is that the NYT article emphasizes the students' working class background. In Cupertino, the families tend to be upper middle class.