Why doesn't APS make Arlington Tech into a TJ or Blair type school?
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Anonymous
| I'm curious why APS would try to make Arlington Tech into a Blair/TJ type of school with a rigorous STEM focus with high performing kids? |
Anonymous
| Because we need Arlington Tech for kids that want a different path. |
Anonymous
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Arlington is more egalitarian -- lotteries not rat races.
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Anonymous
| Because there aren’t enough smart kids to go around. It would cannibalize the neighborhood supersized high schools, especially WL. |
Anonymous
| I wish there was a middle ground between pressure cooker AAP FCPS and everyone’s a winner no homework APS. |
Anonymous
What grade is your kid in? When your kid is taking 4-5 AP classes there is a plethora of homework! |
Anonymous
| Blair only has a few hundred kids in the magnet. |
Anonymous
| How much do you really know about Arlington tech? There’s a dual enrollment program that lets students graduate with an associate degree and several other programs that are challenging and give students excellent opportunities. We are looking at tech and TJ and leaning Tech |
Anonymous
No homework? Are you kidding? |
Anonymous
That is how I felt in middle school. By high school there are enough AP/advanced classes to the push kids. The problem is that when you don't/can;t take an AP class (ex: intensified English) the standards are pretty low (and there is no homework). |
Anonymous
| I think the needs of very smart kids can be served at our current high schools, or they can apply to tj. Stem focus for kids that may not be in the 1%. Any child can take classes at tech too under the current model. I do not see a benefit to making it more exclusive, and I have a child there |
Anonymous
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Tech can be that if your student wants it to be. My child has a lot of homework every night and his electives are all STEM. He's taking two intensified classes this semester and a DC (college) class and is aiming to have an AA in computer science by the times he graduates.
Plus he loves it and #fancynewbuilding |
Anonymous
Look at college placements. |
Anonymous
Link? |
Anonymous
People who post these kinds of things don't have kids in APS taking more rigorous classes. |