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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in Key, and we would actually be happy not to get involved with the hyper competitive momzilla rat-race which is ASFS. But we don't like immersion programs, so this is where we'll wind up because we have the option of one specialty school or the other and not a regular school. [/quote]

I am in the same boat. I wish I had another option.[/quote]

I'm really surprised people would be against a science focused school no matter how little the specialized focus is. I can't understand how ASFS is not viewed a "traditional" school simply because of the science program. isn't every APS ES trying to get some kind of emphasis to make itself stands out from the rest so all parents can feel special and secure? How is Taylor less special then ASFS or Nottingham?[/quote]

It's not the science focus, per se, it's the craziness surrounding getting into that boundary. I've met quite a few preschool moms who are HYSTERICAL about the housing shortage in the Key/ASFS zone and are freaking out. They've also been Kumon-ing and "enriching" their children and competing over reading scores. I have a few friends with kids there, and they have told me the PTA is hardcore and exclusionary to working moms.  I'd rather just have a "school" for my kid, not a trophy prize. [/quote]

As a full-time working mom at ASFS- the PTA is NOT at all exclusionary to working moms.  Meetings are at 7pm.  Further--our PTA President was formerly male and the dad are very involved with the PTA as well.  My DH is works crazy hours and he is usually the one that goes to the meetings-straight from work while I put the kids to bed.  You can be involved as little or as much as you won't and it excludes nobody.

I think the popularity to do with he KEy zone is mainly due to its location- not ASF.  It is the hottest walkable area in Clarendon.  We would have been just as happy at any of the N Arl schools but we chose this boundary primarily for the location/walkability.  My kids attended a play-based preschool.  We do not Kumon or even believe in it.  You will find the tiger moms at any N Arl , Fairfax school.  aSFS certainly doesn't have a monopoly on them.  You learn to tune them out pretty quick, btw.

Personally, Taylor has a much bigger play area/playground.  It is just as great of a school.  I don't think ASFS is doing anything significantly different than any other N Arl (or most S Arl) schools.[/quote]

As a practical matter, ASFS doesn't really do anything that great. I think it has like one extra unit of science per week or something -- it still covers the core classes, and most of the neighborhood schools are incorporating more STEM. I think it's more a case of parents regarding it as a valuable commodity, believing (perhaps foolishly) that it's a ticket to TJ.[/quote]

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