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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ATS's test scores are generally higher than the average APS school.  [b]They are not significantly higher than some other N. Arlington schools,[/b] but they manage to be equal or higher with a more diverse population.  It's not particularly impressive to have a 97% pass rate or whatever if your school is 97% white kids whose parents live in homes with a median price of $900K.  It's a little more impressive when you're getting that same pass rate with 50% white kids, 20+% ESOL and FARMS and a bunch of kids from families who are very solidly middle class vs. quite wealthy.

I think if you moved the program way into South Arlington, you'd lose some of the UMC white families who live in North Arlington and attract even more UMC white families who live in South Arlington.  Some Discovery/Nottingham/Tuckahoe/ Jamestown parents would decide that their kid would get a perfectly good education at their home school, some families very close to the current ATS would decide that Ashlawn or Barrett was better than driving halfway across the county, and a bunch of parents who bought $900k houses in Alcova Heights and Douglas Park would get really excited to have a better shot at ATS.

The non-white component of ATS would probably expand - some Drew/HB/Randolph/Carlin Springs families would be more likely to apply because a S. Arl location would be even more convenient than the current location.[/quote]

They actually aren't higher. 3 APS N. ARL schools have scores equal to or higher.

If you really cared about diversity, and you don't, it would go to S. ARL so those parents working 2 or 3 jobs could get to ATS extended day. Oh but wait, is your argument that those three job families won't be "involved" and is that the secret to ATS success and ATS allows SES privilege in and thus looking diverse when it really isn't?. yes. That is the reality. It's a neighborhood school; let it be one. If it's special, move it to where others would benefit from the magic.

Let me be clear about something. APS wastes a LOT of money and the choice system is no longer a choice and is a waste of administrative dollars. We need to save money on that administrative waste and on double transportation. I'm sure there are many other redundancies.[/quote]

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