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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While many sound interesting, I wonder if it's worth the trade off of losing electives at your base school.

For instance, giving up the tradition of band in order to explore veterinary science or culinary arts.[/quote]

I'm the pp who mentioned my child waiting until senior year to do the animal science academy. For my daughter, there was no hesitation about "giving up" other options at her base school because the academy seemed designed especially for her in terms of what she's passionate about and wants to do with her days, both right now and in the future. It was a blow to find out she had to wait an additional year in order to finish her language (summers aren't on the table for her or else we would have definitely chosen to do an online program to free up the space). I think that's the real gift of the academy model, that it speaks to kids who are looking for something other than the usual high school menu of options. That's why it's frustrating that they haven't come up with a better way to participate than to try to shoehorn it into the regular day, which makes things like losing an elective to transportation a barrier. [/quote]

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