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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever it is should be a self-contained program. There are a lot of parents signing their kids up for HB and Arlington Tech not because of the particular programs but because they think their kids need a smaller environment above all. They'll accept a lot of disadvantages (fewer course options, shabby facilities) in order to get that. [/quote]

And that's a good thing right? That's how free society works. We want more options not less[/quote]

It certainly simplifies planning if you can make it clear that families need to figure out what they most want [b]because they aren't going to get everything they'd like[/b]. Small? Sure! Also kind of a dump! Shiny! Got that, but it's huge! Go for it![/quote]

This is important.  Self contained means you get what you get.  HB doesn't have football.  Want to play? Too bad.  ArlTech doesn't have a marching band.  Want to play the saxophone? Not happening.  Right now the "programs" are not "schools", which means the kids have the option to reach back and do still potentially require resources from the comprehensive high schools.  If the school system wants to set up multiple 500-800 seat mini-schools as a way to alleviate overcrowding at the three big ones, then the families need to be all-in.

I'd also advocate that[b] kids who transfer to W-L but drop out of the IB program must go back to their home HS. [/b] W-L is bearing the brunt of this.  
Signed, 
Yorktown-zoned parent
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They do that now. 
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