My way to solve APS MS boundaries: MS ATS at williamsburg

[Anonymous]

Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. What does that look like? I’m mostly loathe to support more option programs but I’m curious what the curriculum would look like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

[Anonymous]

I’m imagining something where everyone learns Latin, plays an instrument, and sings in the chorus.

Though honestly just calling it “ATS” would probably get enough parents to sign up that the boundaries issue would be solved!

HB2 for middle school would also solve the problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

OP here - so open another HB! We are almost back to the point of having an abundance of seats like back when the options first started, so let’s get creative again and give more people what they want rather than just rearrange deck chairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

Which is hilarious considering how diametrically opposed the “philosophy” of each is, other than “filter for engaged parents willing to juggle lottery and schlep to non-neighborhood schools to avoid checked out parents”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

OP here - so open another HB! We are almost back to the point of having an abundance of seats like back when the options first started, so let’s get creative again and give more people what they want rather than just rearrange deck chairs.

There is no abundance of seats; Gunston is overcrowded.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

OP here - so open another HB! We are almost back to the point of having an abundance of seats like back when the options first started, so let’s get creative again and give more people what they want rather than just rearrange deck chairs.

There is no abundance of seats; Gunston is overcrowded.

South Arl Families already make up the bulk of kids at ATS. Williamsburg is right around the corner. They’d go on there and reduce future overcrowding at gunston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

HB and ATS are polar opposite in their education strategies.

[Anonymous]

Would love if the had two HBs or a MS like ATS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would love if the had two HBs or a MS like ATS!

They won’t do that because scores at neighborhood MS would plummet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m imagining something where everyone learns Latin, plays an instrument, and sings in the chorus.

Though honestly just calling it “ATS” would probably get enough parents to sign up that the boundaries issue would be solved!

HB2 for middle school would also solve the problem

So you want to guarantee kids in the ATS program at WMS spots in band, orchestra and chorus? How does that work? What if there are not enough spots for the kids in the neighborhood WMS seats?

And please explain how the ATS MS classes would be different from the regular WMS classes? This is where we get into the issue of ATS not really having a pedagogy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

OP here - so open another HB! We are almost back to the point of having an abundance of seats like back when the options first started, so let’s get creative again and give more people what they want rather than just rearrange deck chairs.

There is no abundance of seats; Gunston is overcrowded.

South Arl Families already make up the bulk of kids at ATS. Williamsburg is right around the corner. They’d go on there and reduce future overcrowding at gunston.

that true?

[Anonymous]

Could the county just offer transfers to Williamsburg? Or bus transportation only for kids at overcrowded middle schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though. If they started an ATS for middle school, they’d have a long waitlist of kids willing to schlep to Williamsburg for a program-within-a-school like Immersion and Montessori are.

Don't you realize the typical ATS family is drawn to HBW for ms?

OP here - so open another HB! We are almost back to the point of having an abundance of seats like back when the options first started, so let’s get creative again and give more people what they want rather than just rearrange deck chairs.

There is no abundance of seats; Gunston is overcrowded.

South Arl Families already make up the bulk of kids at ATS. Williamsburg is right around the corner. They’d go on there and reduce future overcrowding at gunston.

that true?

8 from Jamestown.

Barcroft 44

Discount Barrett, McKinely, Ashlawn, and Glebe because of geographic bias (those zones have some homes closer to old HTS site then zoned school)

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2023/04/d-Map_Elementary_2022_23.pdf

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2019-2020_APS-Transfer-Report-All-Parts.pdf