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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's true. Hobson has become much more attractive under the new head.

Our WL number for Latin is hopeless and BASIS is not a good fit for kid. We're IB for the Cluster and now plan to enroll at SH next year.

Might hire a tutor or two to supplement in 6th grade and will stick with CTY camps in the summers for enrichment but like the 3-minute commute and honors classes.

Ten years ago, when we bought IB, I never dreamed that SH's 6th grade would become 100% IB.[/quote]

I’m sorry.  But your last sentence is sorely misinformed.  SH is nowhere close to being 100% IB   Rather, latest stats show it as being only 25% inbound.  Do 
you really think the various feeder schools are majority IB?  Time to wake up from your dream...

Signed, an IB family at SWS who struck out big time in the lottery for 5th.
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It may be that it's not 100% IB, but Stuart-Hobson takes hardly any, if any, off the waitlist so it would be fair to say it's 100% IB/feeder.  Hardy is also becoming like this, but at least as of a year ago, they were taking a number of students off the waitlist.  As the SH feeder schools become more IB so will SH itself - and LT is well on its way.  I don't know about JO Wilson.

I'm sorry you had bad lottery luck but I wouldn't think you're so poorly situated when you are IB for Stuart.  SWS has sent about 10-12 kids for the past two years to Stuart so your kid would have a group of acquaintances/friends if that trend holds up.[/quote]

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