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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem here is not HB. The problem is a failure of the school board and county board to adequately plan for growth among young families in Arlington between 2000 and the present. HB is a convenient target, but neither the cause nor the solution to the overcrowding problems.  [/quote]

This cannot be said too often. Closing HB tomorrow would not solve any problems. That's because the problem is not money per se, [b]the problem is a lack of political will to acquire the space needed to build another comprehensive high school[/b].

Focusing on HB dilutes attention from [b]the real issue.[/b][/quote]

Your implication that there is just one "real issue" is questionable, especially because it seems to rely on a belief that the schools need to get everything before any other government service gets anything.

It's not a question of political will to do what you have decided is the solution. There is only so much land and money in Arlington, and schools are not the only need. Certainly, building schools that will satisfies the demands of the whiner parents is not only not an "only" need, but actually a want.

There is no political will to tell the entitled of Arlington that they don't get to have everything they want, and that we need to set priorities and learn to compromise. [/quote]

It no longer serves a 'special purpose'. Students are no longer applying for 'the concept/model'.  You don't know how annoyed I was to sit through the orientation and hearing parents all around me saying their kid will have a problem with the 'self-guided/openness' at HB yet they would still accept a spot if offered.  I have a kid that fits the classic model---I haven't ever had to sit him down or tell him to do his HW.  He is extremely self-guided.  He is also very active in trying to make change and be involved in school issues.

It sucks that now it's just a school for everyone trying to avoid over-crowding.[/quote]

I don't agree that your kid is a "classic" for HB. His innate qualities will serve him well at any Arlington high school. I don't see that type of kid as the classic HB type at all. I think the HB model has the most value for the smart underachiever. JMO.

(Again, I feel the need to keep saying my kids don't go to HB.) [/quote]

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