Lafayette is truly diverse, with students speaking more than 30 languages at home. Several years ago, the school was reported to have significant racial tension between its black and Asian students, deepening Bensonhurst parents' desire to get their children into schools outside of the neighborhood. Rohloff believes that this tension has largely evaporated, a result of the administration's vigorous effort to work with community leaders. Representatives from the Chinese, Russian, Polish, and African-American communities meet with administrators monthly "to make sure that I know what's going on outside, and they know what's happening inside the school," Rohloff said. Ultimately, Rohloff would like to see more students enrolling from the neighborhood, which she believes will improve attendancefewer than 80 percent of students attend on an average dayand provide more "community accountability."