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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Honestly curious what turned you off there? It's not like ATS with a very strict discipline; it's basically a normal school with a lab and habitat? I doubt you went to a PTA meeting or got embroiled in any of the gifted designation controversy (as every school has its drama and you only know it when there). So what did you see on your tour that was a problem?[/quote]

I'm probably not going to explain it well, but it seemed so joyless, such a grind. Everything was filtered through science (which makes sense in terms of the name, but not in terms of elementary education), and it made me wonder what reception there was for kids who were more enthusiastic about other topics. The principal was touting how advanced the math was (it wasn't, particularly, at least back then and for my kid), and the expressed focus on quantified academic achievement wasn't what we wanted for our five year old, who was going to do fine academically anyway.

But yeah, the school with the laid-back principal and the crappy G&T person was Super White (TM Benjamin Moore). Luckily MS and HS were less so. [/quote]

I can see that, the school is pretty no-nonsense since it must work hard to ensure the diverse student body all succeed -- which they do a very good job at.

[b]A school of all UMC kids definitely will allow a lot more slack in academics[/b] since they will have so much enrichment at home (like your kid apparently was in math).

I guess this was a long time ago, if they are already in high school?[/quote]

Sorry to break it to you, but ASFS is far more like Jamestown and Taylor in terms of SES than the majority of the other APS elementary schools.  Reality doesn't align with the popular narrative for ASFS.  Visit the lab and you'll see.  #TrueThat[/quote]

Don't let facts get in the way of your attempt to [i]tear down an elementary school[/i]. What is wrong with you? It's just a school. You know, trying their best to teach kids. What's with the hate?

https://www.apsva.us/statistics/free-and-reduced-price-meals/

Free & Reduced-Price Meals: 
Jamestown 2.20%
Taylor 4.17%
ASFS 20.48%

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You forgot to add in the other elementary schools in your list.  Only 4 more would go above ASFS in smaller FARMS numbers.  The other 16 would be below ASFS, with CS being over 79%.  And the average is over 30%.

#BrokenNarrative[/quote]

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