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H-B Woodlawn
High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. It is preceded by primary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of compulsory education takes place. In the United States, high schools generally consist of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, although the inclusion of grade 9 varies by school district.
The H-B Woodlawn Program, commonly referred to as H-B, is an alternative all county public school located in Arlington County, Virginia, United States based on the liberal educational movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The school was established in 1978 and is public school. The head teacher is Frank Haltiwanger. The school, which serves grades 6 through 12, is a part of the Arlington Public Schools district. The current program is a combination of two earlier programs, Hoffman-Boston, a 7th through 9th grade school founded in 1972 and Woodlawn, a 10th through 12th grade program founded in 1971 by Ray Anderson, Jeffrey Kallen, and others who felt a pressing need to provide a more individualized, caring environment to students.
The H-B Woodlawn Program was created in 1978 by the merger of the Hoffman Boston Program and the Woodlawn Program, junior high and high school programs respectively, which both embraced the idea of alternative education. H-B Woodlawn enjoys high rankings both locally and nationally. H-B Woodlawn was rated number one in the 2005 Challenge Index for the area. It received an equity and excellence rating of 82.7 percent that year. The mission of H-B Woodlawn High School is to provide their students with opportunities to obtain the skills needed to become productive, responsible citizens, capable of making positive contributions to a changing society.
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