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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is completely inequitable to move ATS to far NW Arlington. It needs to be central. There’s only one. If you move it to the wealthiest enclaves then those will be the only families who can make the trek across the county. You will lose all/most lower income families. I sure hope APS is not that clueless.  [/quote]

Good. Move it and make it look like the inadequate enclave within a segregated school system that it is. [b]And, make it an even more inconvenient escape valve for UMC South Arlington parents. Option schools are a complete sop to those latter parents[/b] designed only to quiet down what would otherwise be loud and widespread outrage over the egregious economic segregation in Arlington schools. [/quote]

This.  How many parents apply to ATS because they really think it's a better academic philosophy for their child, versus how many because they want to escape their neighborhood school.  Personally, I think the same thing about HB. I know many people looking at it simply because it is a small setting compared to the overcrowded mega high schools.

ATS is primarily served by busses, which can drive anywhere.  Put it at Tuckahoe along major commute lines.  Move immersion out of Rosslyn to ATS or even to Carlin Springs.  Again, this map is to show that option schools need to be on the table for movement.  They are a privilege not a right for any family in this school system.[/quote]

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