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[quote=Anonymous]A few things bother me about APS's "choice" system.
1. It's notmuch of a choice. Some of the school's mentioned up-thread cannot accommodate lottery so are not really choices. For the few who do lottery in, we spend huge amounts on transportation and that's illogical!

2. I get that a 2- rated school family might want to apply to choice. However, I don't get why someone from a high-test-scoring neighborhood school (like McK which is not statistically different from ATS in scores) would want ATS. To make the system fair, only ARL kids from low-preforming schools should be allowed in the lottery.  over 400 kids lotteries for 30 spaces.  Or make it all VPI.

Best yet, make it a neighborhood school and move ATS down south.

I think all the ATS spot takers from high-preforming schools should be ashamed of themselves.  If you think you are a "libral" or a democrat, your

3.  How much administrative work does it cost to run all these fake lotteries (I say fake b/c 30:400 is just stupid; I think the odds are lower for immersion. We wanted immersion but there was, I think 4 spots the year before and non our first year).

We spend 500mil on education for 26K kids. We should be able to get McKinley scores in all of our neighborhood schools and we are such a small county, our transportation costs should be tiny. And our admin costs which are outrageous.  Stop the lottery system, save money, improve all schools.[/quote]

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