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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] APS has [b]so many "choice" schools that it seems impossible to believe that parents are actually looking for more choice in educational models.[/b] If they are looking for less class segregation, that is a discussion with your supervisors regarding zoning. Any charter or choice school will take away bussing which does not end up helping the poor who need the bussing. Plus as it is, the poor in APS already has a choice of many schools to get in a lottery for. They aren't constrained to one school boundary. [b]One of the reasons APS is hurting a bit is because of all the choice schools they have. [/b]If they were to add charters, it would just dilute resources further. APS is the strongest school system in Virginia. Outside of class segregation, what else do you want them to do? Their schools are doing well, so it can't be a complaint about the teaching. They cannot fix the segregation issue more than they already have with lotteries or through more boundary shifts. The only way Arlington can integrate better class wise is to put more apartments up north and less down south and provide more opportunities for the poor in the county to attend choice magnet schools. Nothing that needs to involve charter schools.[/quote]

Is this poster for real?

In one different thread a poster said s/he refuses to call them "choice" schools but instead they are "chance" schools because the demand to get into these programs vastly exceeds the number of slots available. Take HB Woodlawn: 4% of the applicant pool got a slot.

[b]Yes, please please let's see some charter schools come to APS. Let's stop with "chance" schools and produce meaningful choice schools in APS.[/b][/b]

On the one hand poster quoted above says APS is the "strongest school system in Virginia" and in another breath says APS is "hurting a bit is because of all the choice schools they have." I'd say APS is more than "hurting a bit." There are various threads about school performance. If you look at SOL ranking, APS is not competitive with its peers.
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/662273.page#11382855

Specifically that post includes this list.
[quote]A quick compilation of SOLs in five key subject areas for all students at some better known area NoVa high schools:

1. Langley 
2. West Springfield 
3. McLean 
4. Marshall 
5. Woodson 
6. George Mason 
7. Madison/Oakton (tie) 
9. Robinson 
[i]10. Yorktown[/i] 
11. Chantilly 
12. Centreville 
13. Lake Braddock 
[i]14. Washington-Lee [/i]
15. South Lakes[/quote][/quote]

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