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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents unhappy = something wrong

inability to understand this = source of the problem[/quote]

Well, if the problem with APS is as you say, then obviously charters will be the solution...

More seriously, are you hoping for a charter fourth high school? [/quote]

I am not the first poster quoted her, so NP here.

YES, I would welcome seeing some Charter schools come to the county to relieve the projected collision between the APS's "hybrid" option and the massive increases in MS and HS students in the county. IMO the Charters don't need to be "comprehensive" (which I understand to mean sports programs and fields) but they need to offer smaller more personalized attention and alternatives to large shift the growth in the three existing comprehensive HS. I am fine with Charter schools that specialize, such as schools that specialize in a more "prep school" environment (Washington Latin as an example), which could be seen as a continuation of the ATS model but in upper grades; or an experiential curriculum; or a Music/Performing Arts campus; etc.

Unhappy parents in APS are worried about class size, concerned that shift scheduling will become a reality if the county doesn't look at starting new environments, and are worried that more and more parents will self-select to send their kids to private schools rather than the overly large APS comprehensive schools. BTW: this last concern will certainly lead to massive polarization of wealth, as those families of means flee the public schools. While a Charter is unlikely to become a fourth comprehensive, more alternatives could very well address a lot of these unhappy parents' concerns (and I count myself as one of those unhappy Arlington parents.)

The posters who are concerned that charter schools will be an "unmitigated disaster" for APS seem out of touch. In my neighborhood, parents are talking about keeping their kids in APS through elementary years but then looking at privates. How will that exodus of support into private schools help APS solve socioeconomic diversity?[/quote]

So basically you are pro segregation by wealth and academic level.[/quote]

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