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Reply to "APS: Choice schools vs fourth comprehensive school"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Choice schools were great when the schools were underenrolled and kids had a decent chance of getting into them. Now getting into a choice school is like a Golden Ticket while everyone else is crammed into high schools that are getting too big and you don't know the people in your class. We can't afford to spend $100 million on choice schools like HB while the rest of the peasants make do in trailers smuched together at other high schools. A comprehensive high school is required by the state/feds to have certain amenities, like a football field, a theater for plays, space for band practice, fields for practicing sports, etc. A choice school like HB can be smaller, but if you want to participate in sports there you often have to go back to the home school you are zoned for. That means that the same space and fields are being used to accommodate more children, so it will be harder for a kid to get chosen for soccer or band or the play. And in high school, being able to participate in the extracurriculars you really love is really important because your extracurriculars are a huge consideration to college admissions offices. So in general, while I love the idea of choice schools and I wish Arlington could afford them, right now we need equity for all kids and not great options for the few lucky kids and terrible options for everyone else.[/quote] What if all the schools are choice schools as O'Grady is proposing? Or at least all high schools? Then getting into them wouldn't be as difficult right?[/quote]
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