HB Woodlawn lottery?

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Anonymous wrote:^^really?!?!!! Have you seen Swanson?!!! Talk about run-down and smelly. It makes the current HB look like m-fuckin' Trump palace.

I blame the County, I blame the school board, and the sheer number of pairs of siblings in the last 4 years I know personally who both "won" the lottery--I cannot buy with the sheer number of kids that applied in those zones those families just keep getting the golden ticket--I also place blame at HB. I hope these families start playing Powerball. Christ.

Btw--the ones I know weren't wait-listed. All the siblings got the immediate acceptance.

One year 23 of 45 new admissions were siblings.

I have no idea how many of the 75 current lottery are siblings. If you only have 3-7 spots in your zone and they really are saving sibling preference--it could mean the entire lottery for your zone has been reduced to 1-2 spots (or even none) which of course is illegal and against stayed APS policy on admission.

Where can this information be found?

HB admits twins and other multiples as a unit (as one lottery spot) but otherwise there is no sibling preference. Why on earth do people think the administration would lie about that?

Because of the odds of getting one of the very small spots 2-3 times in 3-4 years and the sheer # of non-twin siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^really?!?!!! Have you seen Swanson?!!! Talk about run-down and smelly. It makes the current HB look like m-fuckin' Trump palace.

I blame the County, I blame the school board, and the sheer number of pairs of siblings in the last 4 years I know personally who both "won" the lottery--I cannot buy with the sheer number of kids that applied in those zones those families just keep getting the golden ticket--I also place blame at HB. I hope these families start playing Powerball. Christ.

Btw--the ones I know weren't wait-listed. All the siblings got the immediate acceptance.

One year 23 of 45 new admissions were siblings.

I have no idea how many of the 75 current lottery are siblings. If you only have 3-7 spots in your zone and they really are saving sibling preference--it could mean the entire lottery for your zone has been reduced to 1-2 spots (or even none) which of course is illegal and against stayed APS policy on admission.

Where can this information be found?

HB admits twins and other multiples as a unit (as one lottery spot) but otherwise there is no sibling preference. Why on earth do people think the administration would lie about that?

Because of the odds of getting one of the very small spots 2-3 times in 3-4 years and the sheer # of non-twin siblings.

Maybe my neighbor can adopt my kids because this is the 3rd year one of her kids got in--now has 3 there. The rest of us continually get very high waitlist #s.

[Anonymous]

It's not a computer generated pick.

It's not one of those lottery ball where a ball with a number randomly pops up.

It is a stack of application manually flipped over. My ?--do they shuffle the stack in front of those attending. If not, I am with those crying fixed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a computer generated pick.

It's not one of those lottery ball where a ball with a number randomly pops up.

It is a stack of application manually flipped over. My ?--do they shuffle the stack in front of those attending. If not, I am with those crying fixed.

Yea. It's easy to put them in order when they are brought in for show. Say 4 siblings all at top of pile. Rest random

[Anonymous]

Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The county will not disclose the per pupil cost of HB Woodlawn. It is considered a "program" and the kids graduate from Yorktown. So any per pupil costs would be lumped in with Yorktown. So how much do you think it costs per kid to go there???? Many believe these choice programs are why the cost per pupil is so high in Arlington. Just try and ask - you will never get an answer.

This is all just total lies. It is a program; kids graduate from their home high schools which can be any of the three.

The total annual budget for H-B is developed using the same planning factors as all middle and high schools in Arlington. See pages 314-315 of the FY2017 budget book. Projected FY2017 enrollment of 679 students, budget of $8,636,618, for per student cost of $12,719. That is about the same as the three comprehensive high schools (slightly higher because some of the highest paid staff, like the principal/assistant principals, librarian, nurse etc, are spread across fewer students).

http://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Budget_FY2017_Adopted_Final_ForWeb-updated.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

I assume you want this policy to apply to Arlington Tech as well...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

I assume you want this policy to apply to Arlington Tech as well...

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

I assume you want this policy to apply to Arlington Tech as well...

Yep.

I will add that I'm concerned that arlington tech is going to severely impact Wakefield. I know many south Arlington parents looking to send kids there. I wonder if it's so popular for Yorktown...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

Agree. That completely sucks for base school students. Why does Arlington even have these schools or why can't they make them the same size as the others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

Agree. That completely sucks for base school students. Why does Arlington even have these schools or why can't they make them the same size as the others?

192 kids transferred to Wakefield and 315 to Washington Lee, which is more kids than are in high school at HB. Last year 484 kids total transferred among the 3 comprehensive high schools. And those kids attend their transfer schools full time and are more likely to participate in extracurriculars than HB kids, who have to take a bus across town. How is that fair to the kids at the base school, for whom it is the neighborhood school? Why does Arlington allow all these transfers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

Agree. That completely sucks for base school students. Why does Arlington even have these schools or why can't they make them the same size as the others?

192 kids transferred to Wakefield and 315 to Washington Lee, which is more kids than are in high school at HB. Last year 484 kids total transferred among the 3 comprehensive high schools. And those kids attend their transfer schools full time and are more likely to participate in extracurriculars than HB kids, who have to take a bus across town. How is that fair to the kids at the base school, for whom it is the neighborhood school? Why does Arlington allow all these transfers?

Most HB students drive or are driven by parents/chauffeurs/nannies. The buses are almost always nearly empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be more of a trade off for HB. Like no more going back to the home school for sports and the like.
If it truly is part of the answer to overcrowding and the education is so superior, it is only fair.
You want HB for your snowflake?
Fine, but they don't get to crowd out kids at their base school for extra curriculars.

Agree. That completely sucks for base school students. Why does Arlington even have these schools or why can't they make them the same size as the others?

192 kids transferred to Wakefield and 315 to Washington Lee, which is more kids than are in high school at HB. Last year 484 kids total transferred among the 3 comprehensive high schools. And those kids attend their transfer schools full time and are more likely to participate in extracurriculars than HB kids, who have to take a bus across town. How is that fair to the kids at the base school, for whom it is the neighborhood school? Why does Arlington allow all these transfers?

You are talking about shuffling kids around right? It's not like those kids would otherwise be attending school outside of APS. Total false equivalence. Those kids are attending that school full time. They aren't double dipping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a computer generated pick.

It's not one of those lottery ball where a ball with a number randomly pops up.

It is a stack of application manually flipped over. My ?--do they shuffle the stack in front of those attending. If not, I am with those crying fixed.

This is my guess as to how it goes down. The applications are stacked in a certain order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a computer generated pick.

It's not one of those lottery ball where a ball with a number randomly pops up.

It is a stack of application manually flipped over. My ?--do they shuffle the stack in front of those attending. If not, I am with those crying fixed.

This is my guess as to how it goes down. The applications are stacked in a certain order.

You can guess all you want. I doubt they will ever let anyone know what the process is. Don't forget that there are starting to be "legacy" HB families now, which probably counts in favor of getting in (that is, if you haven't fallen out of favor with the powers that be/Arlington cabal/Illuminati).