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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re happy we took a spot at ATS.    APS maxes out class sizes at ATS and it’s possible our kids would have smaller classes at our neighborhood school based on planning factors.  But we like so many of the practices that it’s worth that trade off and longer commute time. Small amounts of nightly homework (less common in APS these days because “equity” even though ATS is really diverse too) , weekly reports from teachers, weekly assemblies that build community, expectations around student behavior. All of it adds up to a learning environment that serves its majority-minority, high EL and high farms population well.

All of this could be done in other neighborhood
Schools and some do. But overall APS moving towards watering down standards and expectations. Really happy we’re at ATS.

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ATS is not high FARMS unless compared to the upper North schools.

If you do the math, it looks like the ONLY FARMS students come from VPI — so it seems likely FARMS family aren’t navigating the regular lottery.  The VPI has outreach at community centers food banks and shelters.

ATS should be an auto enrolled program, and then families can decline when they are selected rather than filtering for proactive parents. [/quote]

Nope, not anymore.  FARMS % is very high, and ever growing due to its set up and preference with the lottery.  The VPI program is very large with 3 classes,  and auto-admits all siblings of large under-resourced families.  These parents can be just as checked out, if they wanted, since they get help with everything, including the lottery.   There are several elementary schools in S.Arlington with lower FARMS.  However, ATS so far manages to have no achievement gap for these kids, nor any other groups of  kids, which is remarkable.  Expectations are high for everyone, especially academically, and personally I think the homework helps as well.  It fosters good habits from the beginning, and detects problems or lack of parental involvement early.   [/quote]

The majority of its FRL students coming from a quality preK program (VPI) is likely a significant contributing factor to the narrower achievement gap at ATS. Something other schools with the highest FRL%s like Randolph and Carlin Springs do not benefit from.[/quote]
Many kids at Randolph and Carlin Springs go to VPI [/quote]

Yes. But not the same %age of ED students as the % of ED students at ATS. My point is about PROPORTION. When most of your students are starting from the same level, it bodes better for more equitable achievement moving forward. Randolph and CS also have a lot MORE kids NOT going to preschool or VPI and who are also ELL. It stands to reason that the test score gaps would be larger at these schools.[/quote]

I’ve been following this discussion and you have no point. You come off and petty and jealous. I doubt you have done as much number crunching with any other option school. You hate ATS we get it. Clearly though, if we go by its class sizes and number of kids on the waitlist, many people do not hate ats. So how about you leave ATS alone and focus on your own child’s school. I don’t like the Montessori curriculum but I don’t go posting about the Montessori school. You have really gotten into the weeds with your research. Pretty pathetic. Seems like you have nothing better to do with your life. [/quote]

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