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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I wish APS would release the actual percentage/number of 5th graders applying to HB from each ES. My guess has always been that a higher proportion of ATS 5th graders may apply (compared to the proportion of 5th graders from the neighborhood ES). The ATS kids draw from all over the County and then are scattered to their home zones for middle school. The ATS kids are starting their friendships over, regardless of whether they go to HB or the home middle school. In contrast, many neighborhood ES kids may want to just stick with their existing friends through middle school and therefore not as many apply to HB--- I have heard this from quite a few parents in our neighborhood. This is just a theory... not sure why APS is so secretive about the HB admission pool data.[/quote]

Maybe they aren't secretive. The form and the lottery are based on your home ES. The transfer report shows how many kids transfer in from which middle school zone (so you can figure out from which group of ES). It's not being "secret" -- they are reporting the information they easily have. What you are really asking is "why doesn't APS run a custom report to satisfy curious gossips?" I can answer that--they have better things to do with their time (and our tax dollars). [/quote]

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