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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?[/quote]

Why do you assume HB gets all the good policies? I guarantee you that there are things you don't know about HB that you would not like. [/quote]

Well, I listed the ones that I wish our school had, please feel free to list the policies you think are terrible and I’ll tell you what I think of them[/quote]

No driver's ed
fewer AP classes
AP classes taught together with regular class
no intensified classes other than math
no counselors, so limited guidance/help/knowledge re college apps
very limited guidance/support for exec functioning (probably better if the kid has an IEP)
less homework than traditional schools (this is ok with me but you already said you want more)[/quote]

AP are not necessary anymore, schools just check “most rigorous “. So HB students actually get the most rigorous checkmate without taking as many AP classes

Intensified classes are a joke, just a way to filter disinterested kids; HB is an entire school where the lottery performs that filtering.

Guidande/college counseling? You may meet your counselor once and it’s a check list meeting. The schools are way too big with too many high need students for counseling to be individualized

Maybe they have less exec support, but they have the better schedule of daily reinforcement and kids sleep in later which helps those conditions.

Drivers ed? Ok, couldn’t care less, I will hire that out anyway since high school drivers ed is bare minimum.

Less homework, that is surprising. Are you comparing the homework for AP and IB classes to the regular classes or is that a deliberate policy?

HB is the head and shoulders above the other schools in the attention and freedom it gets from Syphax. They don’t have a proper magnet and can’t make one without sacrificing the neighborhood schools — there just aren’t enough high performing students in APS, so they treat HBW as their precious.

Anyways, I would gladly take your list of “bad policies” for a 9am start time alone. [/quote]

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