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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi all I’m the original poster - we did take the spot at ATS and so far have received more feedback and just general info from our whole year at the neighborhood school. I can tell the teachers are super involved and also the parents in our child’s class have reached out. It has been a drastic difference in a couple short weeks. Our child is still adjusting to the early start time and becoming familiar to new ways but as of now I think we are happy solely based on the communication from ATS compared to our neighborhood school. [/quote]

Glad you are having a good experience so far OP! There was a world of difference between my well regarded neighborhood school and ATS. You don’t realize how much better school can be until you have experienced a truly excellent school. [/quote]

DP.  What is it going to take to get APS to realize this and just make all our schools ATS-es. They don't all have to have the same strictness about tucked in shirts; but seriously - it is clearly effective academically.[/quote]

This. Get rid of the fads and implement the ATS best practices in all schools.[/quote]

It won't work at other schools because you won't have parent involvement, and many parents are anti homework because it interferes with sports etc.[/quote]

This seems like such a copout. I keep hearing other schools can't implement ATS best practices because of not having parent involvement.  It's just assumed there isn't parent involvement if a school has a high FARMS rate. It's so frustrating and it feels wrong that should be the assuming of schools with different demographics. 
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Agree. My experience with/impression of the parents at our title 1 elementary school (one of the highest) is that these parents in particular go along with whatever the school philosophy is. Thing is, without having the comparison with the wealthier NA schools or ATS, they don't know how different the schools are.[/quote]

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