Bbnn vs. Belmont Hill school culture and football experience

[edgepark]

So as the title states my son is interested in going to one of these schools next year. He would be transfering and reclasifying from a catholic school in the boston area. He is a poc, and im worried about him making friends and fitting in with either schools culture. Secondly he’s been playing football for a few years and wants to continue doing that. I just had a few questions:

How is the student culture at both schools?
Are these schools very clique oriented, in the sense that someone who hasn’t been there from freshman year will have a hard time?
Academicaly are they similar to catholic schools or is it more rigorous?
Is the football programs a teaching culture or are they expected to be fully prepared?
Which school would be a better place to be coached and become better?

[Metawampe]

If you are familiar with Catholic schools in the Boston area, the closest analogue to Belmont Hill would be St. Sebastian’s: all-male, fairly rigorous, athletics are important, <500 students. BB&N has a more diverse vibe, demographically and disposition-wise: more poets to vie with the jocks, ~1000 students.