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[quote=Anonymous]9:04 - yes, that's it.  We'll accept the bubble class without argument if that's what it is, even though it is disruptive to the teaching staff, forcing someone to move up or down a grade as the bubble moves through.)  But APS has suggested taking us to 5 classes per grade, which would be a huge increase over the 3 classes per grade we have now for some classes.  At the same time, their own projections show that they'll have 200+ excess seats once Reed is online.  So they'd add 200 kids to our school without adding seats while seats go idle elsewhere? That's why this seems punitive and petty, like someone has a grudge against ATS.  (clearly from threads like this, many do.)

The folks saying "boohoo" seem not to grasp that some schools are physically larger than others.  I'm not sure why that's so hard to grasp.  Some school buildings are smaller, and some are larger.  You can't pack the same number of kids into a building made for 500 that you can for 700, and that is exactly what APS is proposing.  Just because our outdoor space is bigger doesn't mean we can adapt to 200 more kids without an actual renovation.

Nobody is saying ATS shouldn't share the burden.  But just like every other school is concerned about overcrowding, so are we.  Every school with an active and engaged parent community is fighting not to become more overcrowded.  Why should we be any different?[/quote]

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