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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]21:58 - yes, APS has proposed (not mandated - yet) that ATS grow by a lot.  We are currently at 534 kids on an official capacity of 465 - they are proposing to take us to 750 kids by sticking a bunch of trailers on our only outdoor paved space, plus a piece of playground currently heavily used by the county softball leagues.

The lunchroom is already full for all three shifts and kids eat lunch as early as 10:20 a.m.  Adding 200 kids to an already fully-utilized lunch room will mean that some kids might literally be standing in line to buy lunch the entire lunch period.  (which would most affect the FARMS kids who buy lunch every day.)

We are gradually moving to 4 classes per grade anyway, but with the county projected to have excess capacity of over 200 students in a few years, we are fighting the idea of serious overcrowding.[/quote]

That sucks but ATS can't be sitting pretty on the largest lot of land and not expect to take some overflow. There is a lot of land for trailers.

Losing your only paved outdoor space? Did you see what they did to Swanson? They didn't have any paved outdoor space before they took over the parking lot with 8 trailers.

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From what I understand vhc uses the ATS field as a landing pad for helicopters. Trailers or expansion onto the field space wouldn’t necessarily just be up to Aps. Not that it couldn’t eventually happen, but it’s not a simple matter. [/quote]

The proposed areas for the trailers won't interfere with the landing pad. There's plenty of room for trailers. All I'm saying is that ATS has room for overflow. How many classes per grade? 3 or 4? When other elementary schools have up to 6? I don't think people realize how protected the ATS population is.[/quote]

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