HB -- what is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd love to know how OP is just now making a HB decision when the lottery concluded (and decisions were due) many weeks ago...

Their child might have just gotten off the waitlist. People can change their minds or find out they’re moving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private school paid by a public school system.

As a parent whose had one kid at HB starting in 9th and another who attended W-L (both of whom have been in APS since Kindergarten) I think this is a ridiculous take. H-B is very much a public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school paid by a public school system.

As a parent whose had one kid at HB starting in 9th and another who attended W-L (both of whom have been in APS since Kindergarten) I think this is a ridiculous take. H-B is very much a public school.

We will talk when HB is 400 high school students and WL is 2700 students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school paid by a public school system.

As a parent whose had one kid at HB starting in 9th and another who attended W-L (both of whom have been in APS since Kindergarten) I think this is a ridiculous take. H-B is very much a public school.

We will talk when HB is 400 high school students and WL is 2700 students

ding ding ding

[Anonymous]

HB used to be designed as a more free spirited community for kids that are more independent learners. It is now where every parent wants to send their kid so they don’t have to go to the more crowded schools. No hippy/dippy left. All privileged kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HB used to be designed as a more free spirited community for kids that are more independent learners. It is now where every parent wants to send their kid so they don’t have to go to the more crowded schools. No hippy/dippy left. All privileged kids.

They're all privileged kids by virtue of winning the lottery? Is that what you mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh Lord, this is going to be fun...

I'll start. What is it? A waste of taxpayer dollars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HB used to be designed as a more free spirited community for kids that are more independent learners. It is now where every parent wants to send their kid so they don’t have to go to the more crowded schools. No hippy/dippy left. All privileged kids.

They're all privileged kids by virtue of winning the lottery? Is that what you mean?

DP The lottery process is infiltrated with parents who want their kids to escape their overcrowded schools. It is pushing out the kids who apply and would do better at the HB of original intent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd love to know how OP is just now making a HB decision when the lottery concluded (and decisions were due) many weeks ago...

My 6th grader has a friend who just left 6th grade at HB to return to neighborhood school, thus freeing a spot.

In any case, OP didn’t say that she’s making any kind of decision regarding HB, so…

[Anonymous]

My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.

Takeaway: your brother would be dead today sadly bc the odds of getting into HB are so small since everyone is trying to avoid the awful middle school experience and overcrowded high schools.

Why can’t we build a 2nd HB? It’s clear they will have political will to build a 4th comprehensive high school (yay pandemic for saving their bacon on enrollment and basically skimming all the demanding parents to private schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.

Takeaway: your brother would be dead today sadly bc the odds of getting into HB are so small since everyone is trying to avoid the awful middle school experience and overcrowded high schools.

Why can’t we build a 2nd HB? It’s clear they will have political will to build a 4th comprehensive high school (yay pandemic for saving their bacon on enrollment and basically skimming all the demanding parents to private schools).

While multiple small HB’s would undoubtedly fill up due to demand, they would likely draw the most motivated families away from the traditional large middle and high schools. I could be wrong, but that might be one of the unstated reasons. That may also be why Arlington Tech is not exactly a TJHSST replacement, or why there has been ambivalence towards the creation of specialized high schools like a performing and fine arts middle/high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.

Takeaway: your brother would be dead today sadly bc the odds of getting into HB are so small since everyone is trying to avoid the awful middle school experience and overcrowded high schools.

Why can’t we build a 2nd HB? It’s clear they will have political will to build a 4th comprehensive high school (yay pandemic for saving their bacon on enrollment and basically skimming all the demanding parents to private schools).

While multiple small HB’s would undoubtedly fill up due to demand, they would likely draw the most motivated families away from the traditional large middle and high schools. I could be wrong, but that might be one of the unstated reasons. That may also be why Arlington Tech is not exactly a TJHSST replacement, or why there has been ambivalence towards the creation of specialized high schools like a performing and fine arts middle/high school.

Imagine if APS was concerned about something – ANYTHING – other than preserving its own mediocrity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.

Takeaway: your brother would be dead today sadly bc the odds of getting into HB are so small since everyone is trying to avoid the awful middle school experience and overcrowded high schools.

Why can’t we build a 2nd HB? It’s clear they will have political will to build a 4th comprehensive high school (yay pandemic for saving their bacon on enrollment and basically skimming all the demanding parents to private schools).

While multiple small HB’s would undoubtedly fill up due to demand, they would likely draw the most motivated families away from the traditional large middle and high schools. I could be wrong, but that might be one of the unstated reasons. That may also be why Arlington Tech is not exactly a TJHSST replacement, or why there has been ambivalence towards the creation of specialized high schools like a performing and fine arts middle/high school.

Imagine if APS was concerned about something – ANYTHING – other than preserving its own mediocrity.

Oh, I really hope you are running to be on the school board! You seem like you know all the right answers and solutions to all the problems of our public school system. Please tell me you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.

Takeaway: your brother would be dead today sadly bc the odds of getting into HB are so small since everyone is trying to avoid the awful middle school experience and overcrowded high schools.

Why can’t we build a 2nd HB? It’s clear they will have political will to build a 4th comprehensive high school (yay pandemic for saving their bacon on enrollment and basically skimming all the demanding parents to private schools).

While multiple small HB’s would undoubtedly fill up due to demand, they would likely draw the most motivated families away from the traditional large middle and high schools. I could be wrong, but that might be one of the unstated reasons. That may also be why Arlington Tech is not exactly a TJHSST replacement, or why there has been ambivalence towards the creation of specialized high schools like a performing and fine arts middle/high school.

I can see that concern. Too many magnets for a small school system and you have these huge high schools to fill.

Good thing motivated families can’t move 2 miles to a more academic minded school system like FCPS or go to private schools. That would be a disaster. /s