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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm afraid to say either Campbell or ATS is moving to the NW. It's silly since there is no  demand n there. No transfers to options in the NW virtually. But APS seems dead set on it anyway. Because. Reed. [/quote]

Access to Campbell has long been limited to S. Arlington families.  We live in N.A. I would have loved it for my nature/science loving DD but it wasn't an option.  [/quote]

Is it limited? The transfer report shows about a dozen transfers to Campbell from n.a. Elementaries. Is t it actually a case of low demand from north Arlington, for reasons of commute and perceived school quality in comparison to neighborhood schools like Taylor, Nottingham, Tuckahoe, etc?[/quote]

Up until last year, only students from South Arlington could lottery into Campbell. The only way students from North Arlington could go to Campbell is if they attended Montessori pre-k at Campbell while living in South Arlington and then later moved to North Arlington, got a neighborhood transfer if Campbell was under capacity (but then they needed to provide their own transportation), or if they got sibling preference due to an older sibling at the school.[/quote]

Yes, we applied to Campbell two years ago from N. Arlington.  The registrar told us we had no chance because any child from S. Arlington who applied (at any time, well after the lottery for K took place) would bump our child down the list, because the N. Arlington pool of applicants was always kept separately and would always come after every S. Arlington applicant, even if they applied a year later.  Needless to say, our child has never been offered a spot.  It'll be interesting to see how many applications there are from N. Arlington this year, now that it is county-wide.
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This was true 5 years ago too. 
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What was the policy rationale for that south Arlington preference?[/quote]

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