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No. The lowest lottery number I’ve ever heard getting in for k was 12.

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Anonymous wrote:No. The lowest lottery number I’ve ever heard getting in for k was 12.

But we’ve already moved up 20 spots so what do you know

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Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

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Anonymous wrote:No. The lowest lottery number I’ve ever heard getting in for k was 12.

But we’ve already moved up 20 spots so what do you know[/quote

WHy so mean? My kid was 138 on my first try.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

Excellent question.
Or why don't they demand from other administrators the same results as ATS gets from a 1/2 FRL, 1/2 (ish) ESL population?

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

I really wish they would. Our DC would thrive in that environment….sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

I don’t understand it. Parents love ATS, the kids do well there, and there is parent demand! Why wouldn’t they have more schools be like ATS.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

I don’t understand it. Parents love ATS, the kids do well there, and there is parent demand! Why wouldn’t they have more schools be like ATS.

We don’t have space for more elementary schools period. They won’t convert a neighborhood school

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

I don’t understand it. Parents love ATS, the kids do well there, and there is parent demand! Why wouldn’t they have more schools be like ATS.

We don’t have space for more elementary schools period. They won’t convert a neighborhood school

I would love to convert our neighborhood school to an ATS!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

I don’t understand it. Parents love ATS, the kids do well there, and there is parent demand! Why wouldn’t they have more schools be like ATS.

We don’t have space for more elementary schools period. They won’t convert a neighborhood school

Then why not convert Tuckahoe/Jamestown/one of the ones with overlapping walk zones? Give all existing tuckahoe kids preference (or they could get rezoned but then make the rest of the seats countywide like ats. Within a few years, you’d have another countywide ats and I bet the neighborhood wouldn’t fight it as much.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't they make a second ATS if there's so much demand for it?

I don’t understand it. Parents love ATS, the kids do well there, and there is parent demand! Why wouldn’t they have more schools be like ATS.

We don’t have space for more elementary schools period. They won’t convert a neighborhood school

Then why not convert Tuckahoe/Jamestown/one of the ones with overlapping walk zones? Give all existing tuckahoe kids preference (or they could get rezoned but then make the rest of the seats countywide like ats. Within a few years, you’d have another countywide ats and I bet the neighborhood wouldn’t fight it as much.

This. The key is to grandfather and give options to the existing students. Start off as a “school within a school” at K, then add a grade to the ATS program each year. It would take a few years, but there would be another ATS option before long, and existing students would not be disrupted. Give siblings of existing (older) students at that school a preferential option to be in the ATS program there, so that families are not forcibly split across schools.

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Anonymous wrote:we are another happy family at ATS and so grateful we got in.

two kids are currently there. one of them was an above average reader going into the school. since he is so advanced he has been given the same amount of work but at a bit more advanced level. his teachers have also gone above and beyond in providing extra stuff for him too for over the summer and during the week if it's needed.

our other child that attends ATS is very much average in all subjects and has also had a positive experience.

I just don't understand why they don't do this at all of the schools.

Me too!

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Anonymous wrote:We are on the waitlist for K. Started off mid thirties and now down to the teens. Do you think we have a shot

No

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:we are another happy family at ATS and so grateful we got in.

two kids are currently there. one of them was an above average reader going into the school. since he is so advanced he has been given the same amount of work but at a bit more advanced level. his teachers have also gone above and beyond in providing extra stuff for him too for over the summer and during the week if it's needed.

our other child that attends ATS is very much average in all subjects and has also had a positive experience.

I just don't understand why they don't do this at all of the schools.

Me too!

The model requires parent and teacher buy-in to be successful and not everyone wants that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:we are another happy family at ATS and so grateful we got in.

two kids are currently there. one of them was an above average reader going into the school. since he is so advanced he has been given the same amount of work but at a bit more advanced level. his teachers have also gone above and beyond in providing extra stuff for him too for over the summer and during the week if it's needed.

our other child that attends ATS is very much average in all subjects and has also had a positive experience.

I just don't understand why they don't do this at all of the schools.

Me too!

The model requires parent and teacher buy-in to be successful and not everyone wants that.

I grew up poor and the ATS model looks like school when I was a kid. Small amounts of nightly homework that we sometimes miss and parents asked to sign a weekly note. It's not onerous and I bet the vast majority of APS parents would like more insight into what their kids are working on and how they're doing.