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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really need to stop reading the APS threads.  They literally raise my blood pressure.  You all are completely out of controlled.  Obsessed really is the operative word.  [b]You will find out soon enough that you are all wasting your energy on meaningless differences between the elementary schools in Arlington - including ATS - in the long run.[/b]  No matter which school your kids attend, they’re gonna be just fine - because they have to totally stressed out weirdos as parents.   [/quote]

I just wrote the long post and basically said the same thing at the end.

This is it folks.  If you are uptight enough to be dithering about this stuff, your kid will be fine.[/quote]

As someone with older kids who were friends with ATS kids, I can say that this level of parental stress is not helping the kids in the long term. I'm not blaming ATS for its parents or saying that every kid's problem can be traced to their parents, but maybe parents who are obsessed with ATS and other highly structured schools could take a minute and reflect (if you're in ATS and your kid is happy, please move on because I'm not here to destroy anyone's joy):

What do you define as "success"? Sixth-grade test scores?

What's your definition of "high academic and behavioral standards"? What other achievements matter to you?

Do you have evidence that any of this will matter by the time your kid graduates from high school? What are you teaching your kid about your family's values and expectations? How much do you know about child development and education?

What was your own experience with school? How do you think it influenced who you are today? What do you know about the school experience of people you admire? Do you attribute all that to their elementary school?[/quote]

Elementary school is important. Not learning to read well has catastrophic effects later in life. If a kid isn’t reading well by 4th grade, it’s hard to keep up with their peers.

I don’t blame parents for being angry. I think the whole community should be angry. Tons of tax dollars and a lot of kids with terrible reading skills.[/quote]

Agree.
We shouldn't be waiting until 4th grade to determine kids can't read and it's a problem. [/quote]

If you are unaware that your 4th grader can’t read, that’s a parenting failure.

(I’m not talking about people who DO know and are working to find a solution.)[/quote]

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