They need to remove the sports option from HB. It’s patently unfair to students at those high schools, and would help filter out parents who chose HB just for the private school on public dime vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:Is hb Woodlawn like most other middle school and high schools? Are there social hierarchies and cliques or is it much more cohesive because it is such a small group of kids per grade?

Yes there are cliques and friend groups, and yes there is friend drama, but there doesn't seem to be a social hierarchy of the groups. While a few kids are jerks, overall it's a really nice atmosphere. Very accepting of kids being themselves.

There’s only 100 kids per grade, of course it’s hard to form a hierarchy.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Kids are a lot nicer.

What's your proof/measurement?

HB small size means it avoids the behavioral sink present at the supersized high schools.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

So an assumption?

A pretty well established scientific theory supports this assertion.

You also can see clearly see that the disciplinary actions per capita is well below other schools. Also there have been no fights or drug overdoses at HB.

My kids don't go there but I know several families whose kids did.

It's small and this has pluses but we knew a family where the daughter transferred out after middle school to W-L. She didn't love her friend group and didn't feel she had a lot of other options and wanted a bigger school experience. So switched and thrived at W-L.

Other kids we've known in high school played sports at their home high school and then had a solid mix of friends from HB and the home high school. This seems ideal and a great situation. These were sort of "typical" kids who probably would have been fine in any school environment.

The one kid I knew was very quirky and might have been bullied at a big public school had a very good experience at HB.

Yeah to my knowledge everyone is pretty accepting at HBW. My kid had been invited to several outside of the school social events that all the 8th graders have been invited to.

He’s also has a smaller friend group that he’s closer with but to my knowledge it’s not super exclusive or anything.


Not sure if this is the same in the other grades but we have several parents that are pretty active in making sure everyone is included.

My kid got picked on by the mean girls through much of elementary school and is having a better experience at HB, fwiw.

Agree that there is still friend drama at HB, but overall the school community is very kind and accepting and my overall perception is that it is a place where kids really feel free to just be themselves and not conform to anyone else's idea of what is "cool."

You do potentially miss out on the traditional high school scene with sports, etc., but you can play sports for your home school and attend games/events at your home school as well. Not every kid does this, but certainly some do.

My kid is definitely kind of quirky with some odd interests... I'd be worried about bullying at one of the bigger schools, but he has good friends at HBW and fits in there.

Anonymous wrote:Is hb Woodlawn like most other middle school and high schools? Are there social hierarchies and cliques or is it much more cohesive because it is such a small group of kids per grade?

Yes there are cliques and friend groups, and yes there is friend drama, but there doesn't seem to be a social hierarchy of the groups. While a few kids are jerks, overall it's a really nice atmosphere. Very accepting of kids being themselves.

I have heard it is tame, and kids like it. But some of my son's friends miss the traditional high school experience of sporting events, not enough to transfer though.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids are a lot nicer.

What's your proof/measurement?

HB small size means it avoids the behavioral sink present at the supersized high schools.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

So an assumption?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids are a lot nicer.

What's your proof/measurement?

HB small size means it avoids the behavioral sink present at the supersized high schools.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

Anonymous wrote:Kids are a lot nicer.

What's your proof/measurement?

Kids are a lot nicer.

Is hb Woodlawn like most other middle school and high schools? Are there social hierarchies and cliques or is it much more cohesive because it is such a small group of kids per grade?