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[quote=Anonymous]Non-white POC here. We love ATS because it’s diversity compared to our also very excellent neighborhood school. People apply to ATS for a variety of reasons - we applied for the diversity and to avoid switching schools if we move (planning on buying a new home). We know people who applied to avoid boundary changes, those who applied because they don’t like their neighborhood school and those who applied who like the philosophy. I actually find ATS parents to be quite down to earth which was a surprise to me as I assumed they would be the extremely competitive type. Boy was I wrong! The teachers are wonderful as well and they know how to make learning fun. The school does have a few negatives in my opinion. Not deal breakers but something to keep in mind:

- hub stops - this means an additional 15 minutes or so of walking to your bus stop and may include crossing major roads. Unless you live right next to a hub stop, your child’s commute will be longer.
- large class sizes: it’s a lottery school and the waitlist is long, so classes are filled up to capacity
- homework: at least three times a week and can get annoying. That being said we are used to it now and I feel that it has been beneficial
- not a neighborhood school: lots of negatives with this. Your kids won’t know as many kids in middle school and may not know the neighborhood kids as well. You can mitigate this by being friendly with your neighbors and enrolling your kids in after school sports
- negative reaction from some people: honestly it’s not a lot of people but some people seem make a face when they know my children go to ATS. Not sure why to be honest. Maybe it’s because we chose not to send them to our neighborhood school? I try to mitigate this by talking about how great our neighborhood school is and explain why we applied. [/quote]

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