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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wrong argument. 
All this tit for tat about admission is beside the point.

We are paying for a TINY PRIVATE SCHOOL that can’t possibly accommodate the number of students interested.

That’s the only issue that matters. We can’t afford it. We don’t have space for it. It’s not equitable.
The end.[/quote]

You sound like one of the people who complains how TJ is unfair to other Fairfax County schools.  You really expect counties to give up renowned schools because you think they're "unfair"?[/quote]

Not sure TJ is a remotely good comparison. Fairfax County has more teachers and staff in their schools than Arlington has students. Think about that for a second. It's educating nearly 190,000 kids in 200 schools. Just because it works for Fairfax doesn't mean that model is applicable to the smallest county in the DMV.[/quote]

DP. Do you have a substantive response to pp’s point, or is this the equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and yelling, “I CANT HEAR YOU!” because you don’t like what the person is saying?[/quote]

DP. TJ is not a good comparison because it's a test-in school. Kids who get in have earned it with higher scores. I, for one, can better accept that model because it's serving a particular type of student with a particular curriculum that not every child could be successful with. If HB is for a particular type of student, as I believe it was created to be, there should be some sort of application other than lottery. If it's just become so successful because of its smaller size and lower student/teacher ratio and its culture, then maybe we should build a dozen HB's instead of a 4th mega high school. [/quote]

Yes this point exactly. It’s the capped enrollment. Grossly unfair. And yes, my kid did not get in, and I’m mad about it. To those who have an issue with my anger, live with it. It’s the price for the privilege of your golden ticket out of the overcrowding. [/quote]
And the truth comes out. Your kid didn't get in, so no kid should be able to go. I'm sure you'd be on here defending h-b if your kid had gotten in. How basic of you. [/quote]

Are you trying to shame me for being angry?! Not gonna work. Of course I'm angry. I have to pay for snowflakes to go to a small private school while my kid sits in crazy overcrowded schools. Next argument?  :P [/quote]

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