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[quote=Anonymous]I know the conversation is on another issue right now, but I recently had a conversation with another Hill parent about the question of MS consolidation that I think is relevant here.

Basically, they were saying that the argument for consolidating MSs on the Hill seems to be mostly about parents with high achieving kids wanting to consolidate high achievers in order to get more accelerated instruction.

But as a parent of a kid who is academically average, that’s not the goal to me. I want a bigger school because when you consolidate resources, you can offer more programming overall. Yes, more honors math, but also more remedial math. More foreign language. More art and music. With a bigger school, you can hire more specialized teachers full time because you can fill their entire day with classes because you’ll have multiple sections per grade. More and better athletics and clubs. And so on.

Bigger is not always better, but a consolidated Hill MS could offer more of everything to ALL kids. It’s why MSs and HSs in suburbs are often so large. You pool the funds for all those kids and house them in one building, and you just wind up with a bigger, richer, more diverse pie, and everyone gets a slice.[/quote]

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