Our hearts go out to the families and students affected by the violence that took the life of a 13-year-old  freshman at the Humanities and  the Arts High School in Cambria Heights. According to [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/nyregion/05arrest.html?r=1&scp=1&sq=Campus%20Magnet&st=cse)_, young Kevin Miller was on his way to a McDonald's restaurant after school on Friday when "shooting erupted during a fight between two students" from the nearby school. A 16-year-old has been arrested and charged with his murder.

Humanities and the Arts is one of four small schools in  a school building now known as Campus Magnet. It was founded after the large and troubled Andrew Jackson High School was closed in the mid-1990s due to a long history of poor performance and violence.  During the 2006-2007 school year, the entire campus was designated as an "impact" school, a city designation for a dangerous school that requires extra security guards; the building apparently came off the list a year later.

On Insideschools' most recent visit to Humanities and the Arts last November, we found that student achievement was up and the building had benefited from a reorganization, which gave each school its own area for classrooms and separate times for lunch and gym. This tragedy, although it took place off school grounds,  is a sad setback for the challenged building.