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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The blissfully unintentional irony of advocating for the destruction of all option programs because lotteries are so, so inequitable while at the same time arguing that families in Rosslyn (where the median income is $69K/year) should accept a school with no fields, pool, or sports as its neighborhood school.  *chef's kiss* [/quote]

Most people are saying they should expand representation in the program, making it HS only and larger, and making it an opt-out lottery — every 8th grader is entered, winners get a slot, and a chance to tour the school and learn about the program rather than some pamphlet. [/quote]
I really like this plan.  It would give a lot more kids a chance to have the HB experience--instead of 1 kid getting a spot for 7 years (for 6-12 grades), ~2 kids could each get to attend HS for 4 years each.  [/quote]

APS doesn’t want to make the school representative of APS demographics, if it did it would not be as high performing, and with zero high performing schools many wealthy families will just leave.  Its secret sauce is that it has engaged parents and tends to be richer families. [/quote]

Not sure what you mean by high performing. The school has mostly general ed students at best with high grade inflation to suggest otherwise, although my kid suggests that it skews more toward special ed learning since most classes are blended, including many AP classes. It also caps how much smart students can learn together with their cohort since many advanced ap classes are not offered on campus. There are also not enough seats in other AP classes to take in a traditional sequence since the few available seats are offered to seniors first. Thus a lower tier science class such as AP Bio would be effectively closed to underclassmen and at least some juniors.[/quote]

Agree, if you look at the college acceptance stats, I think a higher percentage of kids from HB go to college than from the three comprehensive schools, but I would not say that they overall go to more selective schools on average. They mostly go to VA schools or "regular" colleges, not highly selective schools (for those who would say "its like sending your kids to private school"). It's like sending your kids to Catholic school, in that sense, in that the student body is mainly college-bound, but not necessarily academically-selected. [/quote]

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