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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree w having more option schools. The answer is to follow the ATS model in neighborhood schools. We seem to be moving in opposite direction though w equity grading. [/quote]

I guess I could never get a good feel for what "traditional" meant.  I realize there's a heavy emphasis on reading and homework every day.  And tucking in shirts (maybe that went away).

But I asked the principal at an info session (this was in 2018) and she gave me this line about the school having walls with doors.  I was SO confused.  My kid's neighborhood school has walls and doors?

I know the school culture is most likely a bit part of what makes kids successful.  But if the ideas there are so well done, why aren't we doing it APS wide?  [b]What is the main difference between the way ATS does teaching and the rest of the county?  I don't' want to hear it's kindergarten kids reading for 30 minutes a night.  That's not a curriculum.[/b][/quote]

ATS holds all their students to a high standard of reading and reading is a true part of their culture. That's the difference.  [/quote]

Right, which it can ONLY do because it's an option school.  So if it DOES NOT WORK for some children (say, those who struggle with reading!) they will not attend ATS, or they will be asked to leave.

That's EXACTLY why it can not be moved into every elementary school.  The population self selects into children with certain skills and abilities very quickly.[/quote]

Say what? Am I understanding your post correctly: ATS will kick students out if they are not performing on grade level?

Every poster here who said ATS holds its students to higher standards... I assumed on an attitude level? Kids literally get asked to leave if they struggle with reading? This is documented?[/quote]

There was an article in Arlington magazine about ATS praising the way the then-principal would tell kids who weren't reading that they would have a very special job next year welcoming kids who were in kindergarten for the first time.

But maybe Holly Hawthorne is just another disgruntled non-ATS parent, lying about school policy[/quote]

Clearly you have reading comprehension issues. Having a student repeat a year is very different then kicking them out. Why should a student be promoted to first grade if they are behind academically? That being said ATS works hard to make sure that every single student is at grade level. I have never heard of any student that has been held back though I’m sure that happens. [/quote]

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