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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, we are IB for Eliot Hine but at a Stuart Hobson feeder, and right now we're leaning towards Stuart Hobson but keeping EH as an option (we have 3.5 years until MS). Obviously in our situation we have the option of just opting into our IB school, but if you decide you want EH, I pretty much guarantee you could lottery into Miner at 4th or 5th and get that feed if you wanted it.

SH is bigger and offers more in terms of both academics and activities. It also seems kind of chaotic and stressful at times, based on what friends whose kids are there now say. Mixed reviews on the teachers and there are fights at school though they seem easy to avoid. We know fewer people at EH despite living IB for it but it sounds similar but just smaller. They have a nice newish building at EH but it is apparently still under capacity.

The idea of a smaller school is honestly appealing to me (our kid is super shy and has some sensory issues that make me very nervous about SH based on what I've heard) but my DH keeps pointing out that EH is smaller because of lack of interest from IB families, and that's true. I know SH also has issues with IB buy in, but it sounds like more people are buying in now than even a few years ago, and that it's also a popular OOB destination for good reasons -- people rave about the theater program and the wide range of sports programming, for instance, and seem to think it's math and academics are better.

I guess my point is that SH is definitely the more in-demand school and that has to be for a reason. I wouldn't rule EH out, but it would be pretty easy to get a spot at a feeder in 5th if you decided you wanted a chance at it. It also might be easier to lottery directly into.

We also intend to lottery for Latin for sure but I think it's really unlikely (even lotterying for both campuses) because no sibling preference for us. We also haven't ruled out moving if we don't get into Latin and SH or EH turns out not to be a good fit. We don't really see Eastern as a great HS option.[/quote]

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