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Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

And my $400K HHI family is all over the library. I think we check out $2000+ in books every year, according to the app.

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Your HHI has nothing to do with library utilization.

Actually, it does. Though not as much as religion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/who-uses-libraries/

Which is to say, I am not surprised that a mid-income family would be all over free books from the Title I program or from the library.

LOL, they grouped Jewish/Hindu/Muslim/Buddhist as a singular religion.

No they didn't.

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Anonymous wrote:This just in:

Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

And my $400K HHI family is all over the library. I think we check out $2000+ in books every year, according to the app.

::slow:: ::clap::

Your HHI has nothing to do with library utilization.

Actually, it does. Though not as much as religion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/who-uses-libraries/

Which is to say, I am not surprised that a mid-income family would be all over free books from the Title I program or from the library.

LOL, they grouped Jewish/Hindu/Muslim/Buddhist as a singular religion.

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Anonymous wrote:This just in:

Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

And my $400K HHI family is all over the library. I think we check out $2000+ in books every year, according to the app.

::slow:: ::clap::

Your HHI has nothing to do with library utilization.

Actually, it does. Though not as much as religion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/who-uses-libraries/

Which is to say, I am not surprised that a mid-income family would be all over free books from the Title I program or from the library.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This just in:

Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

And my $400K HHI family is all over the library. I think we check out $2000+ in books every year, according to the app.

::slow:: ::clap::

Your HHI has nothing to do with library utilization.

Actually, it does. Though not as much as religion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/04/who-uses-libraries/

Which is to say, I am not surprised that a mid-income family would be all over free books from the Title I program or from the library.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This just in:

Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

And my $400K HHI family is all over the library. I think we check out $2000+ in books every year, according to the app.

::slow:: ::clap::

Your HHI has nothing to do with library utilization.

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Anonymous wrote:ATS is title 1 now???????

I found this thread today and I saw no evidence that ATS is now Title I.

As an ATS family, I don't think that would dissuade us or most of our cohort from attending. It's a diverse school (we're a mixed race family) where my kids have friends of varying backgrounds they wouldn't have met at our S Arlington school (they'd be grouped into the 2E Gifted school w/in school group, which is mostly wealthy white kids). If APS wants to make ATs Title I and add it to the CEP group, so much the better. Smaller classes AND free breakfast/lunch? Awesome.

Don’t forget you also get to pick 10 free books mailed to you every year.

Yep. We got 20 free books since I have two kids there. My girls loved picking the books and even picked a few books for my three year old. This is a free program run by a nonprofit in case some of you out there freak out and think that we are getting free books from your tax dollars. The nice thing about ATS is we have great teachers and admin. So they find these programs for the school.

My kids also loved picking out books. Keeps asking when they will arrive.

Almost 20 books/chapters into their summer reading challenges so they’ll get used.

Ours too. Love free books.

Can you say more? ATS gives out free books? With what money?

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Anonymous wrote:This just in:

Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

And my $400K HHI family is all over the library. I think we check out $2000+ in books every year, according to the app.

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Arlington allows all residents to borrow books from their massive collection. FOR FREE. Multiple locations. You don’t even have to be privileged to do it.

It’s called a library.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ATS is title 1 now???????

I found this thread today and I saw no evidence that ATS is now Title I.

As an ATS family, I don't think that would dissuade us or most of our cohort from attending. It's a diverse school (we're a mixed race family) where my kids have friends of varying backgrounds they wouldn't have met at our S Arlington school (they'd be grouped into the 2E Gifted school w/in school group, which is mostly wealthy white kids). If APS wants to make ATs Title I and add it to the CEP group, so much the better. Smaller classes AND free breakfast/lunch? Awesome.

Don’t forget you also get to pick 10 free books mailed to you every year.

Yep. We got 20 free books since I have two kids there. My girls loved picking the books and even picked a few books for my three year old. This is a free program run by a nonprofit in case some of you out there freak out and think that we are getting free books from your tax dollars. The nice thing about ATS is we have great teachers and admin. So they find these programs for the school.

My kids also loved picking out books. Keeps asking when they will arrive.

Almost 20 books/chapters into their summer reading challenges so they’ll get used.

Ours too. Love free books.

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Anonymous wrote:ATS is successful because of the immigrant families there. They want homework and good behavior. They show up to school on the first day with flowers for the teachers and dress to the nines for every event. They expect their kids to be successful.

Yes this is why income doesn’t matter at ATS. Immigrant families push their kids to the max. The people at ATS who keep complaining about too much homework and the uniform are the high income white parents. As a high income immigrant family, I wish there were less of these around. In my opinion and the opinion of many immigrant families no matter the income, ATS is actually too easy. They need to push kids even more. Uniforms would be great too. The only ppl against uniforms in ATS are the higher income white families.

There is no uniform at ATS; kids tuck their shirts in. As an ATS family, I have never heard anyone talk about uniforms, but we are not a HHI immigrant family, but a mixed race mid income family. Sure uniforms are fine, but American public uniforms are just polos and khakis, are mostly used by problematic public schools. I've just never heard anyone talk about getting them. I do agree we could have more homework.

They don’t tuck shirts in anymore.

DS does - he's got his t-shirt tucked into his track pants. Very classy.

Anonymous wrote:I think its really gross for a wealthy arlington family to take free books from a nonprofit. Those are for poor kids.

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Anonymous wrote:ATS is successful because of the immigrant families there. They want homework and good behavior. They show up to school on the first day with flowers for the teachers and dress to the nines for every event. They expect their kids to be successful.

Yes this is why income doesn’t matter at ATS. Immigrant families push their kids to the max. The people at ATS who keep complaining about too much homework and the uniform are the high income white parents. As a high income immigrant family, I wish there were less of these around. In my opinion and the opinion of many immigrant families no matter the income, ATS is actually too easy. They need to push kids even more. Uniforms would be great too. The only ppl against uniforms in ATS are the higher income white families.

There is no uniform at ATS; kids tuck their shirts in. As an ATS family, I have never heard anyone talk about uniforms, but we are not a HHI immigrant family, but a mixed race mid income family. Sure uniforms are fine, but American public uniforms are just polos and khakis, are mostly used by problematic public schools. I've just never heard anyone talk about getting them. I do agree we could have more homework.

They don’t tuck shirts in anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:ATS is successful because of the immigrant families there. They want homework and good behavior. They show up to school on the first day with flowers for the teachers and dress to the nines for every event. They expect their kids to be successful.

Yes this is why income doesn’t matter at ATS. Immigrant families push their kids to the max. The people at ATS who keep complaining about too much homework and the uniform are the high income white parents. As a high income immigrant family, I wish there were less of these around. In my opinion and the opinion of many immigrant families no matter the income, ATS is actually too easy. They need to push kids even more. Uniforms would be great too. The only ppl against uniforms in ATS are the higher income white families.

There is no uniform at ATS; kids tuck their shirts in. As an ATS family, I have never heard anyone talk about uniforms, but we are not a HHI immigrant family, but a mixed race mid income family. Sure uniforms are fine, but American public uniforms are just polos and khakis, are mostly used by problematic public schools. I've just never heard anyone talk about getting them. I do agree we could have more homework.