I knew our daughter’s high school freshman class was large but it wasn’t until last night I heard it was nearly 1,800 kids. She was one of about 16% to get an award and we all dutifully clapped for each student. Our hands are still sore! It was a well organized event.
@ronguest Wow! If I recall correctly, my HS class was ~1000 freshman year, but they opened a new relief HS about half-way through (which promptly ended up way over capacity itself), so we ended up with only about 500 graduates. 1800 students boggles my mind (everything really is bigger in Texas!). Also, well-done to your daughter.
@smokey The school district adopted a policy of having a single high school from the early days. So freshman have their own campus and the other 3 years are on a campus across the street. It works pretty well but our daughter has to shuttle to the main campus for one of her classes. A new STEAM center has been completed now and many of the related classes will be on that campus which I think is about 6 miles away. So more shuttling depending on specialization. Scheduling is a bit complicated but it is an excellent school district. The STEAM center will be the 5th brand new campus our freshman daughter has attended in this district...