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[quote=Anonymous]According to the most recent stats on the APS website, the top 5 schools feeding into ATS are Glebe (59 kids); Ashlawn (56 kids); Abington (41 kids); McKinley (38 kids); and Tuckahoe (33 kids)-- that is 47% of the student body. The bottom 5 schools feeding into ATS are Hoffman (13 kids); Long Branch (12 kids); Key (12 kids); Randolph (11 kids); and Drew (10 kids)-- that is 12% of the student body. Except for Abington, it is not attracting a meaningful number of kids from South Arlington. It should go back on the table as a neighborhood school along with Reed, and we should just figure out how to redraw the school boundaries to maximize diversity if that is what everyone wants. Or sink more money into choice immersion programs, which do offer something different than a typical neighborhood elementary program. The only major educational value of the ATS program over Ashlawn or McKinley is that the fact that it is a smaller school. And we can't afford that luxury in the current situation. It shouldn't be up to a lottery to decide whether your kid gets into a 480 student school vs. a 725 student school.[/quote]

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