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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm disappointed in what I've seen and heard about writing instruction in APS. For parents of kids at HB, do you think it's any better? I thought that the smaller class sizes might mean more time for teachers to assign longer essays and give feedback on papers, etc, even while working within the same curriculum. Your feedback is appreciated.[/quote]

Excellent question. I'd be interested in the answer to this, too. "Too many students" has been the main/sole excuse/reason for not being able to do more substantial writing. So a small school should theoretically be able to handle it, right? Or do HB teachers have the same # of students?[/quote]

Even if they have same number of students, they have far fewer discipline problems, just look at the suspension data, they have about about 1/8-1/4 the number of suspensions of the mainstream high schools. Having involved parents really helps that, and the lottery opt in and logistics does just that.

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Suspension-Data-2019-20.pdf[/quote]

Off topic but just looked at the data in your link and your premise is wrong. As a percentage of students, all of the schools hover around 1-2% for suspended students.[/quote]

1/400 HBW 0.25%
21/2100 YHS  1%

WL and WHS closer to 2%

They literally have a column on the page (though it say HB  is 0%, I’ll be generous and not say infinitely more discipline problems)[/quote]

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