especially here

TV "Teachers notice when students don?t show up for class. In one student?s (Allie?s) case, her absences are notable enough to warrant a parent-teacher conference, which several teachers and her mother attend. HPHS is a far cry from high schools I?ve seen -- especially here in New Orleans, where I?m writing this -- not only because of its physical condition, but also because of its fairly homogenous student body." -- Alana Kumbier writes of American High which she sees as being a contemporary My So-Called Life