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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HB Hater, I am sorry your kid (s) didn't get a spot. It really is a random lottery. I have 4 kids and 2 of them are currently at HB and the other 2 did not get spots.  All are doing just fine.  You can see what the odds are for your home school to get a middle school spot. My youngest, the year they got a spot there were 3 spots and only 17 kids applied. That's pretty good odds, and that was at a N Arlington elementary.

My HB kids don't play sports at their home school but it really is a very small number of kids who do. So small, that last year when there was a huge bus driver shortage, HB called taxis to get those kids back to their home schools for practices each day. So it was a very, very small number for each home school. Not something worth causing a fuss over, but you do you.

[b]One academic downside of HB is that there aren't anywhere near the number of honors/intensified or AP classes that the comprehensive high schools offer. [/b]It doesn't seem to affect them much in college admissions, but it's something to note if you have a student who is wanting to take a specific AP course- check the program of studies!

HB Hater, how are your kid (s) doing at their middle or high school?  [/quote]

Do you think this could be an advantage for college admissions, though, for an average-ish student who doesn't want to take all the APs?  This way they can check the "most rigorous" box with only the few APs offered at HB?[/quote]

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