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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They have increased the size of H-B twice recently and it will increase in the new building. H-B's high school capacity is 390 and its enrollment last year was 451, so they are at 115%--that is actually the highest for any high school. High school will be 475 in the new building. Middle school program is 221 at  Stop with the fake news.  [/quote]

Firstly, it’s sad that you have to revert to the vile tactic of calling anything you don’t like or agree with fake news. Why can’t you just provide your facts?

Secondly, it’s great that HB has increased their enrollment twice, but so has just about every other APS school but on a much larger scale. If HB is doing it’s part, why was the lottery for 6th grade MS just 75? Isn’t that 100% capacity? If the class size will increase to 100 in the new building, why not admit 100 6th grader’s next year? That will bring them to 133% capacity for 6th grade 2018-19, on par with other Middle schools., and back to 100% the following  year. [/quote]

Look, someone said [quote]We should at least advocate for their numbers to increase as overall APS enrollment increases. The program can be just as successful with slightly larger class sizes. To always remain at just 100% capacity while other schools are overcrowded just doesn't make sense.[/quote] which is just not true, and easily disproven with publicly available information. I.e., fake news.

Also, as noted, they are already over capacity in middle school and high school and they are going to increase it as soon as they have the new building. The current building doesn't have the indoor or outdoor space for more kids or trailers and unlike other schools they have made no accommodations for more classes (apart from the 3 relocatables) because they are going to renovate the building next summer anyhow.

Finally, everyone seems to just forget about the Stratford program. H-B is not the only program moving to the Wilson building. Several dozen students with significant physical and mental disabilities are moving along with H-B and will occupy two floors. That accounts for a lot of the building's capacity. [/quote]

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