Anonymous wrote:Do these schools cost more per student than the neighborhood schools do? It appears from DCUM that they are wildly popular. And there are overcrowding problems in APS. Or at least issues with APS deciding to supersize W-L, which no one wants. Is the school board considering adding another ATS and another Woodlawn?

No.

It makes zero sense that a family attracted to ATS would be interested in HB Woodlawn, however. In fact, I believe attending ATS should be a disqualification for applying for HB Woodlawn on many grounds.

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Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

Or at least make HB high school only. We have excess middle school capacity while overcrowded high schools. So we could have 300 more HBW high school students and those 300 middle school students absorbed by middle schools. Plus side: more students from each cohort GET TO GO TO HBW.

Someone brings this up on every thread that mentions HBW. It's not going to happen.

And someone mentions expanding the program. Also not going to happen when we have needs in all of our other schools.

There was a chance to expand the program when they built the new building, which could have gone a couple of floors higher and held 1300 students. And HB wailed and gnashed it's collective teeth and APS backed down.

Right it’s a cult that acts as a unit politically

Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

100% agree

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Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

Or at least make HB high school only. We have excess middle school capacity while overcrowded high schools. So we could have 300 more HBW high school students and those 300 middle school students absorbed by middle schools. Plus side: more students from each cohort GET TO GO TO HBW.

Someone brings this up on every thread that mentions HBW. It's not going to happen.

And someone mentions expanding the program. Also not going to happen when we have needs in all of our other schools.

There was a chance to expand the program when they built the new building, which could have gone a couple of floors higher and held 1300 students. And HB wailed and gnashed it's collective teeth and APS backed down.

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Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

Or at least make HB high school only. We have excess middle school capacity while overcrowded high schools. So we could have 300 more HBW high school students and those 300 middle school students absorbed by middle schools. Plus side: more students from each cohort GET TO GO TO HBW.

Someone brings this up on every thread that mentions HBW. It's not going to happen.

And someone mentions expanding the program. Also not going to happen when we have needs in all of our other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

Or at least make HB high school only. We have excess middle school capacity while overcrowded high schools. So we could have 300 more HBW high school students and those 300 middle school students absorbed by middle schools. Plus side: more students from each cohort GET TO GO TO HBW.

Someone brings this up on every thread that mentions HBW. It's not going to happen.

Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

Or at least make HB high school only. We have excess middle school capacity while overcrowded high schools. So we could have 300 more HBW high school students and those 300 middle school students absorbed by middle schools. Plus side: more students from each cohort GET TO GO TO HBW.

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Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

That seems silly if it’s something that people really value. Don’t get rid of it. Make more of it!

Who values? The miniscule % who attend?

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Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

That seems silly if it’s something that people really value. Don’t get rid of it. Make more of it!

Not when neighborhood high schools are overcrowded. Middle schools are all under crowded, so get rid of HB middle and make more HS seats.

Anonymous wrote:They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

That seems silly if it’s something that people really value. Don’t get rid of it. Make more of it!

They could do school within a school. Use part of the building at W-L. I went to a school like that growing up. It worked fine. I think ATS has bigger class sizes than most neighborhood schools. Make a second ATS and house it at one of the neighborhood schools (whichever has the most space) and also make the class sizes a bit bigger, consistent with the current ATS.

They should get rid of HB all together and make it a HS.

Aside from transportation, the cost per student is not higher.

Transportation costs are higher but they are never underenrolled. They aren’t considering adding more because APS has nowhere to add new schools.

Do these schools cost more per student than the neighborhood schools do? It appears from DCUM that they are wildly popular. And there are overcrowding problems in APS. Or at least issues with APS deciding to supersize W-L, which no one wants. Is the school board considering adding another ATS and another Woodlawn?