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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington shouldn’t even consider an ATS middle school until they (1) add a second ATS elementary sufficient to accommodate all the interested families or (2) guarantee that the students who did NOT attend ATS ES get a priority in the lottery for the MS.

But it could be a good idea if they make sure the opportunity to benefit from the ATS model is spread around!  Seems like MS isn’t the best, except I do hear people love Hamm.[/quote]
So many things wrong with this post:
— honestly elementary school is probably the portion of your child’s education where it makes the least sense to have more choices.  The “choice” is made completely by the parent and not at all by the student, who honestly by sixth grade may not even agree with the parents decision.  It’s better to offer choices to middle and high school kids who are active participants in their education.
— there is no space for another option elementary school, other than converting a current neighborhood school to a choice one
— middle school and high school are much more crowded right now than elementary schools
— the best idea would be to make an existing title 1 neighborhood school into a second ats, and offer neighborhood preference.  My thought personally is expand Randolph and make their IB program open as a countywide lottery for people who live outside the boundary.  If they bill it as a second ats and don’t differentiate in the actual lottery, you could really pull Randolph up from being a title 1 school.  
Honestly if you really wanted to stick with the ats philosophy, Jefferson’s ib program is probably the closest thing.  [/quote]

So it looks like you spent a few paragraphs to basically agree with me about making  a second ATS.  And yes, using a Title 1 school with neighborhood preference is a fabulous idea.  I love that![/quote]

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