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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“At HBW, all classes are intensified,” - quote from the principal.[/quote]

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We heard the same thing. However, since nearly all classes are blended (with the exception of a few science classes), she could have just as easily said the opposite: "At HBW, all classes are below average."[/quote]

But she didn’t.

And every child in HBW has an engaged parent, unlike mainstream high schools. [/quote]

Oh my God.  Give it a rest.  I sent two kids to HB and love the school.  I also sent two to Williamsburg and Yorktown.

1.  Some of the same classes at both are more rigorous at HB than the neighborhood schools, and others are easier.  Why?  Because like in every school on the planet, some teachers are harder/better than others.

2.  Most but not all HB parents are "engaged," true, but "engaged" parenting makes less of a difference at HB regardless because the central and operating philosophy of the school is that students take the lead.  A lot goes on at HB that a parent will never even know about.

When will posters recognize that it's not academics that separate HB from the other schools?  HB is neither stronger nor weaker than the neighborhood schools.  That's not what it's about.[/quote]

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