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From outward appearances, it seems to me that Tara natrass only cares about option schools insofar as they can help integrate schools in terms of SES. Otherwise I think she is hostile towards them, probably for the simple fact that they tend to bunch motivated, involved parents together, instead of balancing out less involved parents who either can't or won't get very involved in their child's education. I think she'd happily kill most option programs.[/quote]

No, she comes from a school system that has used option schools in precisely that way. It makes sense and is really the justification for them to exist in today's climate. Otherwise, they serve as publicly funded private schools. I am an option school parent btw.  [/quote]

Where does she come from?  And who will take over when she’s on maternity leave?[/quote]

Interesting read :

Director of Elementary Education and Title I for Cabarrus County Public Schools in North Carolina.

She also has experience implementing programs such as STEM, Language Immersion, and the [b] International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. [/b]

https://www.apsva.us/post/school-board-appoints-assistant-superintendent-of-instruction/

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA.  The fix is in, folks.  There are few things that can unite APS parents, but I think we are getting there. [b] This isn't about any one school.[/b]  This is about APS wasting an enormous amount of time, money, and effort to appear to have done their due diligence when they decided some time ago exactly what they were going to do.  We are all getting rolled.  Some will be lucky enough to get their desired outcome, but that's only dumb luck.  Why was the timeline so ridiculously short?  It was to try to stay under the radar with very little parent objection.

We deserve better than this.

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Much better. Why in earth would they change the ATS model instead of just getting rid of it?  And on what planet is moving it to the NW a good idea?[/quote]

No we don't.  Tara Nattrass was brought in to help develop a vision for the overall APS system, and that's exactly what she's trying to do -- in as inclusive and accommodating way as she possibly can in such a pompous, entitled community.  She was also specifically brought in to implement "personalized learning."  Dr. Nattrass' ideas and influences have been quite thoughtful, deliberate, and appropriate.  So what if choice schools are a tool for her to break concentrations of high poverty in schools?  It's the only tool Arlington lets her have, since this community that is so deserving of so much better will not permit any other means.  I couldn't care less about IB, especially in the lower grades.  But we already have an early years program and a middle years program and a secondary program.  Her concept to provide two zones for the County that included the same options as each other could not have been more logical or reasonable.  She also understood, despite how new she was at the time, the north/south impacts on individual schools and understood that a two-zone east/west system would address so many of the issues facing APS that this so-deserving community not only created, but perpetuated and intentionally maintained, and fights to the death to preserve.

Besides, what difference does it really make what her preferences and recommendations are?  The SB doesn't adopt any of them anyway.[/quote]

Given what I've heard about her 11th hour tinkering with Montessori admission policies, by fiat and without notice, i have a little different view of her style.[/quote]

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