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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone discussed "flipping the script?" Why not have a few anchor schools and make the majority of the elementary schools choice? That way the people who really don't want to travel can stay, but the rest can move around? Then you'd be able to mix up the income levels more. Just an idea.[/quote]

I like this.  Plus, it would allow more parents to choose what educational focus they want their kids to have.  Seems like a perfect fit for such a small and densely populated county.[/quote]

It has been suggested to have four or five elementary clusters -- a traditional school like ATS, a Montessori school, a science/STEM-focused school, and maybe something like an outdoor or an arts-focused school. People in the cluster could choose between them. They could draw boundaries for the cluster to be somewhat diverse, and busing wouldn't have to be cross-county. [/quote]

This is essentially what the old "team" was -- only it was just applied to Key/ASFS/Taylor/Jamestown.  Never understood if the team had been tried with that cluster with the intent of rolling it out beyond that and it never happened?  Or there was some special reason just those schools got it?[/quote]

the problem with the every school is a choice school approach is that the only people who want that are UMC homeowners. But the idea highlights what's pretty much an unspoken reality: option schools are actually charter schools, and ensuring access to them for affluent south Arlington students is what makes he county singleminded focus on AH politically tenable. If APS screws that bargain up ....[/quote]

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