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[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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NP here (also an ATS parent).  ATS does sit on one of the larger lots of land for elementary schools in APS.  But it's quite a small building.  I believe that it's the fourth smallest elementary school building in APS.  There is plenty of room for more trailers for classrooms (although we would have to give up playground and field space), but the common areas of the school can't accommodate too many more students.  Lunch already starts very early.  Adding a fifth class per grade would leave ATS at 137% capacity, making it one of the most overcrowded schools in the county.  It's possible that APS could decide to do this anyway (I acknowledge that there aren't a lot of pain-free options for adding elementary seats) but it's hardly a perfect solution.  The ATS PTA is already mobilizing on this, arguing that a permanent increase to four classes per grade is feasible, but going to five would be a problem.[/quote]

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