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They do have counselors, who are also teachers, just not separate counseling staff. Each kid at HB has a counselor, an assigned TA in middle school who stays with them for 6/7/8, and one they pick  who stays with them for 9/10/11/12. [/quote]

I thought kids got a different TA for each year of middle school but then picked another TA to stick with them through all 4 years of high school?[/quote]

No, they have a teacher advisor who stays with them, and a small group of kids they stay with, all through middle school. They have an adult that gets to know them closely and keep an eye on them during those three important years, it's one of the really nice things about the model. The middle school TA may help suggest who they might want to talk to about being their high school TA, who will be their college counselor (and the high school TAs are mixed grades, while the middle school TAs are a "class"). The middle school TA will also help them understand how the course selection process works, what electives are available, how they can take classes at the Career Center in high school, etc. [/quote]

[quote]I think this has changed.  My kid is currently a 7th grader at HB, and he has a different TA, and different class of kids with that TA, than the one he had in 6th.  At the end of 6th, they were introduced to all the teachers who were going to be TAs for 7th, and then ranked them in order of preference (like they did at the beginning of 6th).  I don't remember his TA from 6th being one of the options (but I might be wrong about that).  Once they get to 9th grade, they get a TA who will be with them for all four years of high school.
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Yes, this has changed. I have an 8th grader at HB and she has had a different TA each year. The middle school TA's for each grade tend to be the teachers who teach core classes for that grade, with a few exceptions.  I believe once they reach high school, the kids choose a TA and can keep that TA throughout high school.[/quote]

OK, sorry, I guess it has changed recently. [/quote]

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