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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish these striving ASFS parents would put some attention towards Arlington Tech instead. Regardless of where the School Board builds the 1300 seats, Arlington Tech is still planned to grow to 800 students and APS needs to make some major renovations to the Career Center to accommodate the program. Murphy & the SB don't seem to know what they are doing. Quality science instruction at the high school level is so much more important than at the elementary school level. I think these ASFS parents are barking up the wrong tree.  [/quote]

Thank you. It's a problem across the County, actually. If Arlington is going to tout choice schools, it needs to invest more money & resources at the higher grades. There's tremendous interest in Immersion at the elementary level, but the program really peters out in middle school. And at the higher grade levels it's harder to find qualified teachers: it's not enough to speak fluent Spanish, you need to be able to teach Chemistry or Calculus and speak fluent Spanish. And the kind of science that's going to propel kids into research, tech and medical careers isn't learned in 4th grade. You need the investment in high school. Arlington Tech could have a bright future, but only if the County doesn't treat it as a second rate school. [/quote]

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