Public school officials in Chicago are suggesting the district open a gay-friendly high school. They say harassment and violence causes gay students to skip class and drop out of high school at high rates. (Plus, the mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, really embraces the gay community. Ever been to Boy’s Town? Check out the rainbow spires he added a few years ago. And they have great drink specials. Or so I’ve heard.)The School for Social Justice Pride Campus would not be for only lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, but for any student who feels bullied about their orientation or perceived orientation. Schools chief Arne Duncan will ask the school board to approve the school which could open in 2009 or 2010. “We want to create great new options for communities that have been traditionally underserved,” Duncan said to the Chicago Tribune. “If you look at national studies, you see gay and lesbian students with high dropout rates. … I think there is a niche there we need to fill.”Speaking of national studies, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network released a study that said 86% of LGBT kids experience verbal harassment, 41% have been physically harassed and 22% have been physically assaulted.The School for Social Justice Pride would not be the first gay-friendly high school in the country. The Harvey Milk High School in New York City opened in 2003 and is named after the first openly gay man to be elected to a public office in California (soon to be the subject of a major motion picture starring Sean Penn and James Franco). And guess who showed up at the opening? Fred Phelps and company. What do you think about this idea for a gay-friendly high school?Right now, only 11 states have a law that protects students from harassment based on sexual orientation. Kansas is not one of them.Is this a good idea or a type of segregation?