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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The devolution of the choice school threads is always entertaining at least. [/quote]

I guess. I can't imagine dipping into a thread about a school my kids don't attend and calling other parents liars. Aren't there a million other things a person could do with their time? Or, at least, a million other threads on DCUM you could comment on? It's like a social media version of the perverts who run up to women and flash them from under a trenchcoat, they get a weird thrill and everyone else finds it gross. 
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I know. I have kids at two choice schools and it's crazy the misinformation and fantasies. Like [b]HB being like a private school.[/b] Not so sure about that...I have another kid at a private middle and it's not the same. Yes, the building is over-architected and maybe some private schools are too but the [b]school lunch still sucks [/b]and there's a long line for it. [/quote]

The private school parallel is to its size, which is part of why many families attend private to avoid the supersized neighborhood schools.

You know that, you are being coy.

Many private schools have terrible lunch, and how long can the line freaking be with 100 students per grade??

Own your privilege. [/quote]

Someone spelled out the differences between a private school and a small public school upthread, [i]school [/i]size is not the only thing. For example, at private schools you're typically paying for smaller class sizes (<18), while H-B has the same class sizes as other schools (the same planning factors for all subjects and similar actual enrollment for most core classes, according to the traffic light report).

And there is one lunch period so it is a long line.   [/quote]

Many expensive Catholic schools cost $$$ but still have the same class size as HBW, and even a larger student body.

Ohhh, one lunch period for 400 kids. There are nearly 3000 students at WL, so do they have 7 “lunch” periods (ie lunch during breakfast time?).

The Heights site originally planned for a 1300 seat MIDDLE SCHOOL. They should have increased HBW to 1300 just like they had planned for the neighborhood school, but HBW claimed their small size was “critical” to their program. [/quote]

400? Now you're just making things up. HB enrolls more than 700 kids. [/quote]

400 high school students. Do middle school and high school students eat lunch together, I am surprised. [/quote]

Well then be surprised. All you people have such strong opinions about HB without actually knowing the first thing about the school. How about you stick to your own kids' school? [/quote]

700 kids is still smaller than one lunch at WL, so I really don’t get all high and mighty. [/quote]

so it's high and mighty to correct you when you made wrong statements about HB? [/quote]

My point was the lunch line is just as long at the huge neighborhood schools.

And honestly I’m a little skeptical that 6th graders are eating the same cafeteria with Seniors, I think you making things up. [/quote]

My kid hasn't stood in the HB lunch line since 6th grade because you basically have to be on line before lunch starts (some teachers seem to end class a little early) to have a decent amount of time to eat. Also the older the kid is, the higher up in the building they're likely to have class, so it takes more time to get to the cafeteria. [/quote]

Very true. My kid tried buying lunch; didn't work. Not only do we make their lunch but they have an emergency lunch in their locker of shelf stable favorites. [/quote]

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