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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter just got in and she and we are happy!  We did not apply to TJSSM or HB Woodlawn.  [b]Project based learning motivates her. [/b]
As for how lucky we were, we will know when APS releases this year's chart of lottery results for option schools.  The application added a short written answer this year for students to say why they wanted AT.  That may have reduced the number of parents adding an AT application when they preferred HB.[/quote]

Congrats. Project based and learning through “making” are what set AT apart from TJ and from most other public schools in this area.  People still confuse the two and believe AT was supposed to be a TJ type school.

([b]And of course the neighborhood high school students aren’t left out and can take a career center bus for access to the specialized course offerings[/b]. I don’t think full-IB diploma students would have the time in their schedules though.)[/quote]

Unfortunately, due to population growth and especially due to the AT program using the CTE courses for their electives and getting priority, fewer students from the other high schools have access to these classes. This is a problem APS needs to invest in solving.[/quote]

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