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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I would be fine with ATS being moved to the old Patrick Henry site- as long as it's open to south Arlington kids first and any left over slots can go north.[/quote]

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of moving a choice school south?[/quote]

Not if it serves almost exclusively south Arlington kids. Relieves our overcrowding and gives us an out from neighborhood schools.[/quote]

South Arlington needs seats. Moving ATS doesn't solve this problem. Moving Montessori opens space up at Drew. [/quote]

[b]It does if ATS is only used by south Arlington [/b][/quote]

But if ATS weren't a county -wide school anymore, wouldn't it just be another south Arlington school? [/quote]

Just another south Arlington school... For middle class kids to choice into and out of their neighborhood school. 
We are talking about assuring south Arlington parents that their kids can choice out of their local school.
I'm not sure how to spell it out any clearer.

As of now - there is so much crowding in south Arlington, there are fewer possibilities to choice out. [b]We aren't worried about trailers. [/b]We are worried our kids are stuck in slow moving, sol focused classrooms.[/quote]

Oh, but [b]I [/b]am worried about trailers and overcrowding, and you should be, too!  Have you seen the projections? They are UGLY, for all schools, and just in a few short years!  I toured a few schools, and besides loosing green space to trailers, you are also loosing all the specialty rooms in that school, when they have to convert more and more rooms to open additional classes.  No music room, no art rooms.  No pull out rooms.  Combine that with all the other problems and you have a hot mess, and high stress levels for students and staff.
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