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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have strongly supported HB thus far, even though my 6th grader did not get in. I think that it is a huge asset to Arlington, and I support it staying the size that it is rather than watering it down by a large expansion. If the school board tries to pull a sibling preference policy into play, however, you better believe there will be hell to pay and you will see people like me, who otherwise would have gone to bat for HB, leading the way.

Want sibling preference?  Fine. But t[b]he program needs to be expanded[/b] to accommodate them in addition to the full complement of kids who get in through the existing lottery system. You can't have your cake and eat it too. [/quote]

If the program can expand that much without ruining it, then why do only certain families get access to those spots? It totally prejudices against families with only children, or whose oldest has yet to get in, or is new to the school system, or any other of a host of reasons that they don't already have kids at the school.  If HB can absorb more kids, then it should absorb more kids from across the system with no special set asides.  HB itself is already a special set aside.
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Completely agree.  If it can be expanded to accommodate siblings then it can be expanded, period.  If it is so important that a family's children go to the same school then they should send them to their zoned school.  I can see compromising on ES since there is so much more family involvement but no sibling preference (including no preference for twins, get over it, Nancy) in MS-HS.  [/quote]

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