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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Old APS parent here. Knowing what I know now, I absolutely would have applied to send my kids to ATS (we did not even lottery, though I did learn about it at kindergarten info night). How I think of it is, ATS runs like schools ran when I was a kid. Traditional. Other APS schools are trying new models that generally are not proven and not as effective. We switched to Catholic during Covid which also runs a more traditional model, but which you pay for out of pocket. I do think we should add another ATS. The question is where to put it, because you have to take offline an existing ES, and that's a nightmare like all boundary stuff is. But as an Arlington taxpayer, I would love to see all our schools swinging back toward a more traditional learning model. I also completely agree on the importance of having one teacher who really gets to know your kid and be invested in them. I hated when our APS elem started rotating kids in 4th grade and all those connections got broken.[/quote] Just want to chime in as an ATS parent. What distinguishes ATS is the following: - high expectations when it comes to academics - high expectations when it comes to behavior - direct interaction as opposed to inquiry based learning (this is the most important difference in my opinion) - focus on phonics in the earlier grades - curriculum has always been knowledge based even before the adoption of CKLA - extremely diverse student body - no standards based grading in the higher grades -homework - arts focus [/quote] So are there parents here that got into ATS and also have experience with the local Catholic schools? I would say we pretty aligned with the above in what we are looking for in a school, and wondering if we should go the parochial route if we are not able to go to ATS[/quote]
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