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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hoffman Boston is the de facto ASFSS. no need another one. no thanks.[/quote]

You are missing the point.[/quote]

what's the point? it has STEM focus and everyone can choice in. what else do you want?[/quote]

Not everyone can choice in. Hoffman-Boston is only open to that neighborhood and to kids zoned to Drew. Other South Arlington neighborhoods don't have a STEM choice.[/quote]

are you sure you can't transfer in? ask the school admin, don't rely on internet.[/quote]

I'm going off of what the School Board says which schools you can attend/apply for a lottery based on where you live: http://www.apsva.us/page/3008

School transfers are very limited now due to so many schools being at or over capacity. I'm talking about a choice [b]school that is widely open for South Arlington families that has a FARM rate under 40%[/b].[/quote]

There is none, you are right.  Patrick Henry, Claremont, and Oakridge are the only schools under 40% in the south.

And Barrett and Key are the only ones with a FARMS rate HIGHER than 40% in the north.

Speaking of which, I don't hear much about Barrett (and I don't know any parents there).  It is 56% FARMS!  Higher than Abington, Drew, same as Hoffman Boston and roughly, Campbell.    I wonder, if Barrett parents are having the same woes and challenges - (less PTA funding? smaller pool of engaged parents? Tons of focus on testing? ESOL/HILT predominance?  "Doing OK " children falling through cracks? Etc.) and if they do, aren't they dismayed they are surrounded by 18% FARMS or less?  I mean it is so uneven in our tiny county!

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I got very good reports from Barrett parents last year when I was asking for a friend looking at a house in their district. They said the teachers were extremely dedicated and very good at giving as much time to those who were doing well, those who were having trouble, and those in the middle.  [/quote]

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