APS HWB 90 minute blocks

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Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

Why do they get all of the benefits, I don’t care about the supposed program, but they have the smallest high school, they have the newest building, they have the classic traditional 50 minute periods that are much better especially for kids with ADHD, and they had a late start time.

It’s like you take all the best parts of high school and you put them in one place why?

Calm down. Their education is no better and their college placement is no better. I should know. I had two go there and two go to Yorktown.

I don’t really care about college placement, I care about my kids having enough sleep and having a good environment to be actually ready for college not worried where they’re accepted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

Do any of you people actually have kids in high school? This has to be trolls. Once you have a high school kid taking 4-5 APs block scheduling makes a lot of sense and they will still have plenty of homework.

No, it’s like the APE nut jobs who were screaming about opening schools back when they had preschoolers.

It's probably the same APE nutjobs. They think some other kids have some advantage that their kids don't but they don't have full information so they have no idea. But they complain about it anyways. And push and push to hoard resources for their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

Do any of you people actually have kids in high school? This has to be trolls. Once you have a high school kid taking 4-5 APs block scheduling makes a lot of sense and they will still have plenty of homework.

No, it’s like the APE nut jobs who were screaming about opening schools back when they had preschoolers.

So just making up nonsense rather than actually addressing the direct issues? Oh and calling people names?

Like I said, I have two highschoolers one is on the IB diploma track and one is a freshman. So why not actually get the facts before making up insults?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?

Why do you assume HB gets all the good policies? I guarantee you that there are things you don't know about HB that you would not like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

Do any of you people actually have kids in high school? This has to be trolls. Once you have a high school kid taking 4-5 APs block scheduling makes a lot of sense and they will still have plenty of homework.

No, it’s like the APE nut jobs who were screaming about opening schools back when they had preschoolers.

It's probably the same APE nutjobs. They think some other kids have some advantage that their kids don't but they don't have full information so they have no idea. But they complain about it anyways. And push and push to hoard resources for their own.

I don’t care about being an hbw, I just want the better schedules that they seem to be the only ones to get. It’s clear they had the advantage, it’s documented in the student handbook.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?

Why do you assume HB gets all the good policies? I guarantee you that there are things you don't know about HB that you would not like.

Well, I listed the ones that I wish our school had, please feel free to list the policies you think are terrible and I’ll tell you what I think of them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

They would never do this because of the buses. The 8 period system is a way to make their timing line up for sports. I don’t know what HB does about advanced science classes but that amount of time is not enough. They must double up periods.

Yes, some of the AP sciences are double block classes, which is quite limiting. Kids have to make choices and forego classes that they probably would be able to take in a traditional high school. Also there are fewer APs available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

Why do they get all of the benefits, I don’t care about the supposed program, but they have the smallest high school, they have the newest building, they have the classic traditional 50 minute periods that are much better especially for kids with ADHD, and they had a late start time.

It’s like you take all the best parts of high school and you put them in one place why?

Calm down. Their education is no better and their college placement is no better. I should know. I had two go there and two go to Yorktown.

I don’t really care about college placement, I care about my kids having enough sleep and having a good environment to be actually ready for college not worried where they’re accepted.

You're nitpicking and helicoptering and treating your kids like babies. As I said, the education is no better. And that's why you go to school. For an education. Your little babies can handle the neighborhood schools.

As for being "ready" for college, my Yorktown kids were just as "ready."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?

Why do you assume HB gets all the good policies? I guarantee you that there are things you don't know about HB that you would not like.

Well, I listed the ones that I wish our school had, please feel free to list the policies you think are terrible and I’ll tell you what I think of them

No driver's ed
fewer AP classes
AP classes taught together with regular class
no intensified classes other than math
no counselors, so limited guidance/help/knowledge re college apps
very limited guidance/support for exec functioning (probably better if the kid has an IEP)
less homework than traditional schools (this is ok with me but you already said you want more)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

They would never do this because of the buses. The 8 period system is a way to make their timing line up for sports. I don’t know what HB does about advanced science classes but that amount of time is not enough. They must double up periods.

Yes, some of the AP sciences are double block classes, which is quite limiting. Kids have to make choices and forego classes that they probably would be able to take in a traditional high school. Also there are fewer APs available.

Double block classes would just be two periods. Many schools do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

Why do they get all of the benefits, I don’t care about the supposed program, but they have the smallest high school, they have the newest building, they have the classic traditional 50 minute periods that are much better especially for kids with ADHD, and they had a late start time.

It’s like you take all the best parts of high school and you put them in one place why?

Calm down. Their education is no better and their college placement is no better. I should know. I had two go there and two go to Yorktown.

I don’t really care about college placement, I care about my kids having enough sleep and having a good environment to be actually ready for college not worried where they’re accepted.

You're nitpicking and helicoptering and treating your kids like babies. As I said, the education is no better. And that's why you go to school. For an education. Your little babies can handle the neighborhood schools.

As for being "ready" for college, my Yorktown kids were just as "ready."

I’m sorry you don’t look to improve things for your two Yorktown kids, but when we see things that are unfair, it’s reasonable to ask why it can’t be changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

Why do they get all of the benefits, I don’t care about the supposed program, but they have the smallest high school, they have the newest building, they have the classic traditional 50 minute periods that are much better especially for kids with ADHD, and they had a late start time.

It’s like you take all the best parts of high school and you put them in one place why?

Calm down. Their education is no better and their college placement is no better. I should know. I had two go there and two go to Yorktown.

I don’t really care about college placement, I care about my kids having enough sleep and having a good environment to be actually ready for college not worried where they’re accepted.

You're nitpicking and helicoptering and treating your kids like babies. As I said, the education is no better. And that's why you go to school. For an education. Your little babies can handle the neighborhood schools.

As for being "ready" for college, my Yorktown kids were just as "ready."

I’m sorry you don’t look to improve things for your two Yorktown kids, but when we see things that are unfair, it’s reasonable to ask why it can’t be changed.

They're not "unfair." Being "unfair" not only means that one is definitely "better," than the other but that (2) the "better" thing are is equally possible/doable at both schools notwithstanding their differing sizes, offerings, locations, etc., and (3) despite this, only one is getting the "better" option.

That doesn't apply here.

My Yorktown kids didn't get any worse of an education and they had a great time.

You need to take a deep breath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?

Why do you assume HB gets all the good policies? I guarantee you that there are things you don't know about HB that you would not like.

Well, I listed the ones that I wish our school had, please feel free to list the policies you think are terrible and I’ll tell you what I think of them

No driver's ed
fewer AP classes
AP classes taught together with regular class
no intensified classes other than math
no counselors, so limited guidance/help/knowledge re college apps
very limited guidance/support for exec functioning (probably better if the kid has an IEP)
less homework than traditional schools (this is ok with me but you already said you want more)

AP are not necessary anymore, schools just check “most rigorous “. So HB students actually get the most rigorous checkmate without taking as many AP classes

Intensified classes are a joke, just a way to filter disinterested kids; HB is an entire school where the lottery performs that filtering.

Guidande/college counseling? You may meet your counselor once and it’s a check list meeting. The schools are way too big with too many high need students for counseling to be individualized

Maybe they have less exec support, but they have the better schedule of daily reinforcement and kids sleep in later which helps those conditions.

Drivers ed? Ok, couldn’t care less, I will hire that out anyway since high school drivers ed is bare minimum.

Less homework, that is surprising. Are you comparing the homework for AP and IB classes to the regular classes or is that a deliberate policy?

HB is the head and shoulders above the other schools in the attention and freedom it gets from Syphax. They don’t have a proper magnet and can’t make one without sacrificing the neighborhood schools — there just aren’t enough high performing students in APS, so they treat HBW as their precious.

Anyways, I would gladly take your list of “bad policies” for a 9am start time alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

They would never do this because of the buses. The 8 period system is a way to make their timing line up for sports. I don’t know what HB does about advanced science classes but that amount of time is not enough. They must double up periods.

Why do you mean buses? How does that affect periods vs block? Late star could b accomplished a number of way; start all elems at 8, which helps working parents anyways, and then use buses for high
School 9am start.

And what about middle school? Arlington doesn’t have space for more buses and bus drivers are hard to hire. They already did as much consolidation as they could switching to 2 arrival times for elementary from 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?

Why do you assume HB gets all the good policies? I guarantee you that there are things you don't know about HB that you would not like.

Well, I listed the ones that I wish our school had, please feel free to list the policies you think are terrible and I’ll tell you what I think of them

No driver's ed
fewer AP classes
AP classes taught together with regular class
no intensified classes other than math
no counselors, so limited guidance/help/knowledge re college apps
very limited guidance/support for exec functioning (probably better if the kid has an IEP)
less homework than traditional schools (this is ok with me but you already said you want more)

AP are not necessary anymore, schools just check “most rigorous “. So HB students actually get the most rigorous checkmate without taking as many AP classes

Intensified classes are a joke, just a way to filter disinterested kids; HB is an entire school where the lottery performs that filtering.

Guidande/college counseling? You may meet your counselor once and it’s a check list meeting. The schools are way too big with too many high need students for counseling to be individualized

Maybe they have less exec support, but they have the better schedule of daily reinforcement and kids sleep in later which helps those conditions.

Drivers ed? Ok, couldn’t care less, I will hire that out anyway since high school drivers ed is bare minimum.

Less homework, that is surprising. Are you comparing the homework for AP and IB classes to the regular classes or is that a deliberate policy?

HB is the head and shoulders above the other schools in the attention and freedom it gets from Syphax. They don’t have a proper magnet and can’t make one without sacrificing the neighborhood schools — there just aren’t enough high performing students in APS, so they treat HBW as their precious.

Anyways, I would gladly take your list of “bad policies” for a 9am start time alone.

Dude, your kid didn't win the lottery. Now it's time to move on. You and your kid need to adjust to what's next, not to try to turn your neighborhood school into HB.

You're treating your high schooler like a baby.