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I'd really like to see what percentage of students in each elementary school boundary go to an option school. By planning unit would be even better. We all know what it would show: north Arlington students option at lower rates than south, and are attracted by perceived prestige and less crowded schools. South Arlington students option to avoid going to a segregated school whose resources are organized around serving a disadvantaged majority. But showing these patterns of demand for option schools would underscore that every school should get some sort of distinctive identity like an option school. No, we can't replace the biggest option school advantage - self selected, motivated and engaged parents- but giving Barrett, Barcroft, Carlin Springs and Randolph a focus or identity would help. The UMC has basically decided that those schools are organized around immigrant ELL and social services and they're not wrong. Giving those schools an additional identity that speaks to their aspirations would help. Why send you kid to a school specializing in what he/she has no need for? Something - more immersion programs, cultural exchange, a common denominator between two very different populations. That's where the key immersion came from. Can we not do that again? Are we just bereft of ideas?[/quote]

This data is available by school on the APS website- look for the transfer report. What the data actually shows is that the largest number of kids who attend a choice school are those kids in the neighborhood (sometimes by design, other times not). ATS's enrollment-- which is totally lottery-- ends up with 25% of the kids drawing from the surrounding Ashlawn and Glebe zones. Statistically to get that result, it means that significantly more kids from those zones are entering the ATS lottery.[/quote]

Yes, the transfer report sorta gets at what I want. What I'd really like to measure though, is what percentage of students zoned for a given school apply for option Schools, and what are their characteristics.[/quote]

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