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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HB Woodlawn may be small, sure, but it’s pretty intense academically and really isn’t a place for kids with special needs.  I think she’d be better off in one of the neighborhood schools, probably Wakefield.  [/quote]

Haha no, it follows the same curriculum as the rest of APS, with similar  academic pathways. Just in a not overcrowded school in a gorgeous building [/quote]

Two of my kids went to HB.  I believe I know more about the school than you do.  [/quote]

So a random lottery school somehow ends up academic more advanced without any admission criteria?  You are full of BS. It’s not a magnet, it’s lottery ticket. [/quote]

Are you for real?

Yes, the academic profile of the average HB student is higher than the average at any of the neighborhood high schools, not because it’s a magnet school with admissions criteria, but because it tends to attract higher achievers as lottery applicants.  It’s not like every 5th grader in the county applies to HB; the large majority don’t, and I suspect some families have never even heard of it.

It’s not that complicated, idiot. 
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It's not only the kids, it's the schedule.  Kids take I think one more class than regular middle schools, so they only have each class four days instead of five. So they have less time to get through the same curriculum, which means the pace is quicker.[/quote]

Oh, wow I’m going to print this and send to school board since the inequity that is HBW is just yawning wider.  WL is overcrowded and being supersized, while HB students are capped in size with a academic enrichment. Holy absolute F.  [/quote]

do you also think it's inequitable that WL and TJ students can access IB curriculum but the rest of the county does not? or do you just hate HB? [/quote]

WL accepts almost ALL IB applicants[b] and has for years.[/b] [/quote]

While technically true, a bit misleading.  It has taken all IB applicants the past few years, and only because they're expecting the additional seats from the ed center and "have room."
On paper, I agree with the PP's insinuation.  But, having been a neighborhood TJ parent, I can honestly say to everyone who didn't have the opportunity that they didn't miss anything as far as IB goes.
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Are you equating middle-school IB with earning an IB diploma?[/quote]

Uh, no. Didn't mention or insinuate anything about IB diplomas.  I'm saying APS' middle school IB program isn't providing anything significant that other middle schools aren't.  The IB program in Arlington isn't structured or implemented the way the real IB program is supposed to be. You don't even have to have been in the elementary (Randolph) or middle school (Jefferson) programs to get into the high school (subset of WL) program or earn an IB diploma. Jefferson has nothing to do with an IB diploma. People think they're going to get something "extra" or "better" with the IB program.  Our experience is that's a bunch of malarkey at the middle school level and only made certain things more annoying as Arlington tries to implement the IB concepts onto the traditional instruction.  Was always told IB emphasized more writing.  Not at the middle school level in Arlington, unless you count having to do self-assessments as "more writing."[/quote]

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