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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take the spot at ATS.  Really great focus on creating a school community, great counselors to support kids,  along with unparalleled academic achievement in APS for all subgroups. [/quote]

It's the APS private school, with all the affluence benefits of choosing the right sorority/fraternity. Which is why it is particularly attractive to better off North Arl. But that is still entirely different than whether it's the right fit for a kid who has at least social awkwardness ... unless you're claiming ATS bubble people are just better humans, including taking in society's weirdos. [/quote]

What a silly and inaccurate assertion. ATS is 37% economically disadvantaged, 37.3% English learners and only 34.3% white.

By comparison, Cardinal, OPs neighborhood school, is 6.2% economically disadvantaged, 4.5% English learners, and 76.1% white.

Tuckahoe, another North Arlington school is 2.3% economically disadvantaged, 6.6% English learners, and 73.5% white.

Taylor, another North Arlington School, is 8.2% economically disadvantaged, 8.7% English learners and 64.2% white.

So no, ATS is not the affluent, private like school that PP is imaging. That is more Jamestown, Tuckahoe, Nottingham, Cardinal, Discovery and Taylor. ATS is probably comparable to Glebe and Arlington Science Focus which are both diverse schools with a significant percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

OP I would try ATS. If you don’t like it you can always go back to Cardinal.[/quote]

Wrong statistics. I'm talking about where the kids come from, and which families are pushing to get into into ATS. That is data that APS doesn't get to decide, like FRL makeup of a choice program. Unfortunately only APS really knows which neighborhoods push hardest/most for entry. But I'll just point out the genesis of this thread is ATS v.  Cardinal...not Randolph, Barcroft, Drew, etc. [/quote]

What are you trying to say? The post I’m responding to literally says the following: “ It's the APS private school, with all the affluence benefits of choosing the right sorority/fraternity. Which is why it is particularly attractive to better off North Arl.” As a result, I compared it to affluent north Arlington schools including Cardinal which is OP’s neighborhood school. My point was that ATS’ statistics do not match those of the affluent north Arlington schools. It is significantly more diverse and has a significantly higher number of economically disadvantaged and ESL students so clearly it attractive to those families. Please do share the “right statistics” since apparently the data I’m looking at, which is posted on every school’s website is the “wrong statistics.” Please provide alternative data to support your assertion that ATS is like a private school that is attractive to the affluent families of North Arlington. The majority of the families I know in that affluent corner of Arlington are happy with their neighborhood school. [/quote]

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