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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most absurd are the parents who swear by the structure of ATS, then send their kids to HB. [/quote]

How is this absurd? An elementary schooler’s needs are different than a middle schooler’s needs. After 5 years of structure some kids mature to the point they can handle a school like HB. Many students don’t apply to HB though. [/quote]

Don't bother. There is either one persistent poster or a handful who pop up on these threads like clockwork to complain about ATS kids who then go on to H-B. They either can't understand or choose not to understand that kids have different needs at different ages. Or that kids who learn structured study skills early on at a place like ATS might crave the freedom of H-B and do well there because they can self-regulate. In any event, it's not worth trying to defend it to them. They're just upset that the choice schools exist, it seems. [/quote]

have you considered that perhaps some people find difficulty with the same people getting into two highly-desired and small lotteries, taking places away from others who didn't get into the program their kid may need MORE than the apparently mature and academically-skilled ATS graduates?  Maybe folks should be limited to one option program through their APS career to help ensure more students have the opportunity to benefit from one.[/quote]

Yes, I have considered that, but that's an entirely different complaint. If you would like to argue with the county that families should be restricted to one choice school per child, go ahead and do so, [b]but that's a different argument[/b] than saying that it's absurd that some families may be drawn to both ATS and H-B at different times in their child's life. [/quote]

Not really, because the perception is that these families are just seeking the most elite programs for their children regardless of the pedagogy and appropriateness for their child's learning style or needs. It's not necessarily an entirely separate train of thought. And the notion that ATS is necessary for their less mature child and makes them all in need of a more independent, less-structured environment just in time for 6th grade insinuates that ATS is just some magic pill that makes all these kids mature and responsible and that they would not have experienced the same path if they had attended their neighborhood school. And even if they are ready for the HB environment, there are a lot of kids who NEED the HB environment.  If the ATS kids are all so mature and responsible when they finish, then it's less likely they NEED HB.[/quote]

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