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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are trying to make the same decision.

Clearly HB has more resources and better facilities. Smaller class sizes. Better test scores.

Our impression is that it also gets, on balance, the more engaged and committed teachers—all of whom are dealing with fewer students and are more supported than at Y or WL.

But what about HB for a kid who isn’t all that “quirky”, doesn’t have an elaborate menu of pronouns, and is just a good student, highly social? It’s difficult to tell what % of the student population is fairly normal v those that are more in the (maybe stereotypical) “freaks and geeks” or ultra-woke mold that HB seems to cater to? (FTR it’s great those kids have a place they can thrive, and no issue with DC being in that kind of environment… just unclear whether *everyone* is like that or there’s more of a mix than is readily apparent.) [/quote]

So your kid is "normal" and the HB kids are "freaks and geeks" or "ultra-woke"?!

HB is not for you. Please just keep your kid at his home school where he can have his "normal" experience with his bro's. Let "those kids" - your words - at HB live in peace without the toxicity your son would bring.[/quote]

DP. Actually the history of HB was that it opened exactly to support kids who had those sorts of alternative learning styles for whom a large comprehensive high school wasn't a good fit.  The so-called quirky kids.  Over the decades it has become a haven for families wanting to get their kids out of the giant middle and and high schools and into an environment perceived as closer to a private school experience.  It sounds like PP is trying to figure out exactly that, whether it's maintained its quirky vibe or if it now reflects an experience that a kid who would do just fine at Yorktown or W-L would also enjoy.
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DP here.  Correction: HB was founded for both the "quirky" kids with "issues" who need extra attention; BUT ALSO the naturally exceptional and brainy kids. The latter group is referring to those kids who needed challenging classes, well before GT/AAP/call it whatever existed, before the local testing center chains existed, and before certain parents sought daily tutoring for their kids to keep up with AP classes.

There was no in between (kind of student), historically.  Please be sure to post accurate information. Thank you. [/quote]

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