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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I am incredibly lucky - my kid got into HB for 9th. Anyone able to answer a few qs?

yes, HB parent here - happy to help!

He wants to do a fall sport at the neighborhood high school. How does that work? I read there are sports buses that leave early but do they go to each school? Do the kids just miss that class every day?

My kid doesn't do a sport but many do. Pretty sure you arrange your schedule to not have a class in the last block then take the bus to the HS for the sport. This is pretty easy to do. A lot of kids don't have a class that last block anyways. You are not giving up much because HB has an extra class period compared to the other high schools.

Is there still a shadow day- and is  it in the next week or so since we only have 14 days to decide?

My kid got in in middle school and there was one for that. Pretty sure they have one for HS too but you will need to check with HB on that.

Is it still true that there are no intensified classes- and AP classes are co-taught with non-AP?

There are intensified math classes, no other intensified classes. It's regular or AP. And there is one DE class (Multivariable Calc).

Still my kid - who took lots of APs - never complained of not being challenged in regular classes somehow. HB classes move faster than regular classes in other high schools because they have to cover more material in less time. That's because HB has one more class than other schools so all classes have less time and need to move faster. This isn't ideal for AP classes though. Sometimes they had to rush to finish material or had no time to do any review.

Some AP classes are taught together with non AP. This is not ideal. Not all of them though.

Kid isn’t sold on the school despite being excited about it before - we’d be crazy not to try it right?

I can't answer this for your kid. For starters, go to the tour day and see what he thinks. He will probably either love it or hate it. It's definitely a different vibe. Also the prospectives on the tour are called muffins and their hosts are called bakers. The admin tries to get the kids to not use these terms but it's been an HB thing for a long time and it sticks. Just one of many little HB things.

HB is a very nice place but it's not for all kids either. If it's important to your kid to be part of a big school sports culture and go to school with his teammates, he might like YHS/WL/WHS better.

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