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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad was in the first graduating class from HB in the 70s! And my brother went there too. (I went to YHS).

HB is a magical place that helps students thrive - if it is the right fit. It quite literally saved my brothers life after a traumatic middle school experience at Williamsburg. He is still extremely tight with his group of friends from HB and he is in touch with several teachers and administrators too. Its a tight-night community.

I do think it has changed since the early 2000's when we were in school but I give HB a lot of credit. It is awesome.[/quote]

Takeaway: your brother would be dead today sadly bc the odds of getting into HB are so small since everyone is trying to avoid the awful middle school experience and overcrowded high schools.

[b]Why can’t we build a 2nd HB?[/b] It’s clear they will have political will to build a 4th comprehensive high school (yay pandemic for saving their bacon on enrollment and basically skimming all the demanding parents to private schools). [/quote]

While multiple small HB’s would undoubtedly fill up due to demand, they would likely draw the most motivated families away from the traditional large middle and high schools. I could be wrong, but that might be one of the unstated reasons. That may also be why Arlington Tech is not exactly  a TJHSST replacement, or why there has been ambivalence towards the creation of specialized high schools like a performing and fine arts middle/high school. [/quote]

I can see that concern. Too many magnets for a small school system and you have these huge high schools to fill.

Good thing motivated families can’t move 2 miles to a more academic minded school system like FCPS or go to private schools. That would be a disaster. /s[/quote]

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