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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, we are a family districted for a high performing elementary school but we applied for the lottery for ATS for our kids. You want the reasons? There are some academic and some social. We were attracted to the traditional teaching style. They don't chase the latest fads for how to teach things. We like the idea of the self-contained classroom with one primary teacher for all subjects. We like the emphasis on academics, behavior, and character. We like the fact that all kids play an instrument and play in either band or orchestra.

Call me someone "trying to be a liberal" but we also like the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity. We are minority and so are our kids. We toured the neighborhood school and quickly realized that our kids would be almost the only people who look like them in their classrooms. We also heard nightmarish stories from our neighbors about competition starting early for certain types of clothes, vacations, etc at the neighborhood school. We liked the atmosphere at ATS better.

All in all, as taxpayers we feel we have every right to apply for a double blind lottery school and we'd do it again. I don't care if they move the school but I disagree that only people in lower rated home neighborhoods should have access. The fact that it is a county-wide school is one of its strengths.

The vitriol toward ATS on this board and the divide between north and south Arlington (the smallest county) gets so tedious. [/quote]

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