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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent of an HB student, I will say that the school is less diverse than the county desires, but there are significant efforts to encourage minority kids to apply, such as to better educate minority parents about the various transfer options. All of the transfer options in Arlington (such as the IB program at WL and Arlington Tech) are predominantly used by wealthier, white students. The greater obstacle is that a lot of minority kids prefer to stay in their neighborhood schools rather than being in a small minority at a distant school. The biggest difference in HB versus the other high schools is that the HB teachers are happier. Teachers in the other APS high school have been beaten down by over-involved parents who care more about their kids getting high grades than whether the teachers are actually teaching. Parents at HB are just as crazy, but have the option of moving back to zoned schools.[/quote]
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