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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc. [/quote]

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf[/quote]

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)[/quote]

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?[/quote]

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports. [/quote]

I can’t quite tell if this is sarcasm. But they don’t have to give up sports anyway; they can play with their home school. [/quote]

This is the part where AT and HB don't always relieve pressure at the 3 main high schools.  They still can go take spots on sports teams, in orchestras or plays, in some classes.  Rather than considering them programs, they should be schools.  Choosing to go there means you take what they have and miss out on what's not there.  [/quote]

AT and HB students can be in the orchestra, plays or take classes at their home schools? Really? [/quote]

DP. Of course. HB and AT students are officially students of their home high schools. They could even go back for a class if not offered at HB for example.[/quote]

do you know this for sure or are you just assuming this? [/quote]

That is a fact. Arlington’s programs [i]operate[/i] as schools but that’s it. Students in these programs are official members of their home schools, where they are eligible to join classes or extracurriculars when feasible, walk at graduation and receive a diploma. That’s widely known. [/quote]

Hence HBW is so popular, you get small private school classes but enjoy resources and sports of a much larger school. [/quote]

HBW has their own theater program.  Don't know about band and orchestra.  But things like chorus, band, orchestra are electives that meet during the school day so doubt that's really occurring a whole lot. 
 I've never heard of a HBW kid joining their main high school's theater production.  I guess they could.

It's logistically annoying for them to join their home high school sports team and a lot of them end up feeling like outsiders when they do.  Some of them still do it for sure.  It's just not quite as rosy as an option as what PP is portraying.  [/quote]

Having an entire high school smaller than a single GRADE at WL is pretty good trade of being an “outsider” on your team, from many parents eyes [/quote]

Ok.  Why so defensive?  Just sharing the tradeoffs of the school that may impact some kids.

Also the small class size can be a problem socially.  I know it’s shocking but every year some of the middle school kids even leave and go back to their home high school.

It is okay that every situation has pros and cons.  Really.
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I would be less concerned about it if more students could access HBW.

You says it’s too small, great many people want to grow the HBW program, so let’s move HBW MS to WMS and then expand the HBW HS to about 1000. The original plan for the Heights was it to be a 1300 seat middle school, so that is very doable and helps with the small school social problem. But still has a high school 1/3 the size of WL. [/quote]

The PP didn't say it's too small, they said the small size can be a problem for some kids. That's why they leave. The program isn't right for everyone, that doesn't mean we should destroy it like you want to.

The ship already sailed on making the Heights a neighborhood middle school. The parents didn't want it there. It's not a great site really right smack in the middle of Rosslyn. It works for HB but regular parents would hate it. [/quote]

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