Anonymous wrote:OP, Dorothy Hamm MS has lots of room and still has many, many fewer students than it was designed for. The principal and faculty have a great reputation. Consider expanding your search beyond just Swanson and Williamsburg.

Anonymous wrote:OP, Dorothy Hamm MS has lots of room and still has many, many fewer students than it was designed for. The principal and faculty have a great reputation. Consider expanding your search beyond just Swanson and Williamsburg.

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Anonymous wrote:People always complain about how dark and depressing Yorktown HS, TJ MS, etc are. The WL addition has so much light, and is so bright and so white, because it was an office building and those always have larger windows than schools. And the building is painted white which reflects the sunlight.

And 3000 sq.ft for new weights and exercise machines for the PE Dept.

Oh thank god, that will help bolster SAT scores, college matriculation rate, and the reading gap.

You are bolstering all the buzzwords: "state of the art high school" (WTF, does that mean fancy glitchy white boards, monitors everywhere? most colleges still teach with a teacher and desks), weight room, BIG windows? WTAF? The trade off is cramming 30% more kids on to campus than it was designed for permanently.

Do you go to WL, or are you singing its praises from the lofty Heights building?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. My 6th grader's largest class this year was in the low 20s. Her writing class had 15 students, like a private school. Great librarians and school library. Wonderful to have use of the indoor track and lovely auditorium shared with the county. Good band, orchestra, chorus, school gardens, tennis courts. Real math challenge and strong instruction. Solid grade counselor. Was nervous about Jefferson but happy thus far.

Its ridiculous that we have so much capacity at the middle school level, but we can't swap HB into a high school only program and return those seats to their spacious neighborhood schools and allow HB to absorb more from the overcrowded high schools AND allow MORE students to participate in HB with its long waitlist.

Hey look it’s the same lady who wants to make HB a high school in EVERY THREAD

Or, ya know, more than one person shares that opinion. Mind blowing, I know.

There is not much difference between HB and regular high schools besides size. It's the same curriculum. Actually, HB has fewer class choices and no sports.

Are you Fing kidding me? The whole difference is the school size is CAPPED.

Yes, because it's a very small building (surrounded by office buildings) so it can hold fewer people. Bigger schools with all the sports fields and such can hold more, like W-L as posted above.

But my point is, the education is the same, or even potentially better at the bigger schools with greater selection of courses.

This person is definitely new here. It’s not capped because of the building. There were multiple efforts to expand HB, prior to the new building, and HB proponents had a hissy fit about how their precious program wouldn’t work with more students. So they built them their outrageously expensive building for outrageously few students. And HB families “sacrificed” by moving and giving up their mural and their frisbee field. Oh the humanity!

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. My 6th grader's largest class this year was in the low 20s. Her writing class had 15 students, like a private school. Great librarians and school library. Wonderful to have use of the indoor track and lovely auditorium shared with the county. Good band, orchestra, chorus, school gardens, tennis courts. Real math challenge and strong instruction. Solid grade counselor. Was nervous about Jefferson but happy thus far.

Its ridiculous that we have so much capacity at the middle school level, but we can't swap HB into a high school only program and return those seats to their spacious neighborhood schools and allow HB to absorb more from the overcrowded high schools AND allow MORE students to participate in HB with its long waitlist.

Hey look it’s the same lady who wants to make HB a high school in EVERY THREAD

Or, ya know, more than one person shares that opinion. Mind blowing, I know.

There is not much difference between HB and regular high schools besides size. It's the same curriculum. Actually, HB has fewer class choices and no sports.

Are you Fing kidding me? The whole difference is the school size is CAPPED.

Yes, because it's a very small building (surrounded by office buildings) so it can hold fewer people. Bigger schools with all the sports fields and such can hold more, like W-L as posted above.

But my point is, the education is the same, or even potentially better at the bigger schools with greater selection of courses.

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Anonymous wrote:People always complain about how dark and depressing Yorktown HS, TJ MS, etc are. The WL addition has so much light, and is so bright and so white, because it was an office building and those always have larger windows than schools. And the building is painted white which reflects the sunlight.

And 3000 sq.ft for new weights and exercise machines for the PE Dept.

Oh thank god, that will help bolster SAT scores, college matriculation rate, and the reading gap.

You are bolstering all the buzzwords: "state of the art high school" (WTF, does that mean fancy glitchy white boards, monitors everywhere? most colleges still teach with a teacher and desks), weight room, BIG windows? WTAF? The trade off is cramming 30% more kids on to campus than it was designed for permanently.

Do you go to WL, or are you singing its praises from the lofty Heights building?

Different poster here. W-L HS was far above 3000 students, and the largest high school in the state in the 1950s and 1960s, in a three story school building built in the 1920s. Moreover, the size of the campus was actually smaller then, since there were a couple houses and an older admin office building, and a small convenience store called the Blue and Gray on the site. That was back when Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine were W-L students.

So, today the campus is actually larger for fewer students, has more sports fields directly on the school campus, with additional sports fields in Quincy Park, acquired in the 1960s, and the newer old admin building is now a brand new W-L school addition with all the latest bells and whistles. Not to mention W-L has a huge parking deck over the freeway, and thus many more parking spaces than either Wakefield or Yorktown high schools.

Those are the facts.

That parking deck over 66 is freaky.

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Anonymous wrote:People always complain about how dark and depressing Yorktown HS, TJ MS, etc are. The WL addition has so much light, and is so bright and so white, because it was an office building and those always have larger windows than schools. And the building is painted white which reflects the sunlight.

And 3000 sq.ft for new weights and exercise machines for the PE Dept.

Oh thank god, that will help bolster SAT scores, college matriculation rate, and the reading gap.

You are bolstering all the buzzwords: "state of the art high school" (WTF, does that mean fancy glitchy white boards, monitors everywhere? most colleges still teach with a teacher and desks), weight room, BIG windows? WTAF? The trade off is cramming 30% more kids on to campus than it was designed for permanently.

Do you go to WL, or are you singing its praises from the lofty Heights building?

Different poster here. W-L HS was far above 3000 students, and the largest high school in the state in the 1950s and 1960s, in a three story school building built in the 1920s. Moreover, the size of the campus was actually smaller then, since there were a couple houses and an older admin office building, and a small convenience store called the Blue and Gray on the site. That was back when Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine were W-L students.

So, today the campus is actually larger for fewer students, has more sports fields directly on the school campus, with additional sports fields in Quincy Park, acquired in the 1960s, and the newer old admin building is now a brand new W-L school addition with all the latest bells and whistles. Not to mention W-L has a huge parking deck over the freeway, and thus many more parking spaces than either Wakefield or Yorktown high schools.

Those are the facts.

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Anonymous wrote:People always complain about how dark and depressing Yorktown HS, TJ MS, etc are. The WL addition has so much light, and is so bright and so white, because it was an office building and those always have larger windows than schools. And the building is painted white which reflects the sunlight.

And 3000 sq.ft for new weights and exercise machines for the PE Dept.

Oh thank god, that will help bolster SAT scores, college matriculation rate, and the reading gap.

You are bolstering all the buzzwords: "state of the art high school" (WTF, does that mean fancy glitchy white boards, monitors everywhere? most colleges still teach with a teacher and desks), weight room, BIG windows? WTAF? The trade off is cramming 30% more kids on to campus than it was designed for permanently.

Do you go to WL, or are you singing its praises from the lofty Heights building?

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Anonymous wrote:People always complain about how dark and depressing Yorktown HS, TJ MS, etc are. The WL addition has so much light, and is so bright and so white, because it was an office building and those always have larger windows than schools. And the building is painted white which reflects the sunlight.

And 3000 sq.ft for new weights and exercise machines for the PE Dept.

Anonymous wrote:People always complain about how dark and depressing Yorktown HS, TJ MS, etc are. The WL addition has so much light, and is so bright and so white, because it was an office building and those always have larger windows than schools. And the building is painted white which reflects the sunlight.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. My 6th grader's largest class this year was in the low 20s. Her writing class had 15 students, like a private school. Great librarians and school library. Wonderful to have use of the indoor track and lovely auditorium shared with the county. Good band, orchestra, chorus, school gardens, tennis courts. Real math challenge and strong instruction. Solid grade counselor. Was nervous about Jefferson but happy thus far.

Its ridiculous that we have so much capacity at the middle school level, but we can't swap HB into a high school only program and return those seats to their spacious neighborhood schools and allow HB to absorb more from the overcrowded high schools AND allow MORE students to participate in HB with its long waitlist.

Hey look it’s the same lady who wants to make HB a high school in EVERY THREAD

Or, ya know, more than one person shares that opinion. Mind blowing, I know.

There is not much difference between HB and regular high schools besides size. It's the same curriculum. Actually, HB has fewer class choices and no sports.

Are you Fing kidding me? The whole difference is the school size is CAPPED.

Yes, because it's a very small building (surrounded by office buildings) so it can hold fewer people. Bigger schools with all the sports fields and such can hold more, like W-L as posted above.

But my point is, the education is the same, or even potentially better at the bigger schools with greater selection of courses.

FFS, they are increasing WL by the ENTIRE POPULATION of HB by converting office space.

And the HB students use the same fields.

But again, the kids are learning the same stuff. So what does it matter?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. My 6th grader's largest class this year was in the low 20s. Her writing class had 15 students, like a private school. Great librarians and school library. Wonderful to have use of the indoor track and lovely auditorium shared with the county. Good band, orchestra, chorus, school gardens, tennis courts. Real math challenge and strong instruction. Solid grade counselor. Was nervous about Jefferson but happy thus far.

Its ridiculous that we have so much capacity at the middle school level, but we can't swap HB into a high school only program and return those seats to their spacious neighborhood schools and allow HB to absorb more from the overcrowded high schools AND allow MORE students to participate in HB with its long waitlist.

Hey look it’s the same lady who wants to make HB a high school in EVERY THREAD

Or, ya know, more than one person shares that opinion. Mind blowing, I know.

There is not much difference between HB and regular high schools besides size. It's the same curriculum. Actually, HB has fewer class choices and no sports.

Are you Fing kidding me? The whole difference is the school size is CAPPED.

Yes, because it's a very small building (surrounded by office buildings) so it can hold fewer people. Bigger schools with all the sports fields and such can hold more, like W-L as posted above.

But my point is, the education is the same, or even potentially better at the bigger schools with greater selection of courses.

FFS, they are increasing WL by the ENTIRE POPULATION of HB by converting office space.

And the HB students use the same fields.

Anonymous wrote:No one complains that YHS is depressing.

But, OP- Swanson hands down.