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[quote=Anonymous]I don't really get why we have still so many option schools in Arlington.

When I was growing up as a student in APS Page (now ATS) was an option school to provide a more "traditional" style of education with contained classrooms and one teacher only back when we were all in open pods and changing teachers for different subjects. It was for people who really wanted a different learning environment (um, like HB used to be) and who would benefit from the specific differences. Like HB it evolved into an exclusive, competitive, self-selected escape hatch from the "norm" that is the rest of APS.

I think if you opened a "regular" APS elementary that is self-selected and lottery based, even with regular APS curriculum/teaching style, you would get the ATS "results." So basically what makes it successful is a motivated and self selected community.

I see more purpose for bilingual education which benefits native speakers of both languages.

I think if you're going to have an option school which provides a special "experience" you should have to demonstrate why your child specifically would benefit from that environment (like ATS or HB - which would also result in people not getting to take advantage of both in succession). Just my random thoughts. [/quote]

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