Louise Archer AAP closed to new rising 4th graders???

[Anonymous]

Might depend on the base school. Also might be an issue for rising 3rd graders vs. 4-6th graders.

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[Anonymous]

15:06 here. I got the letter offering the spot to my current 3rd grader at Colvin Run. Also got a letter for my 2nd grader offering her a spot at Westbriar or LLIV. We are moving to another school in the next few months, so I think that will get me out of driving the two kids to different centers. Hoping with the new address both children will be placed at LA.

[Anonymous]

my friend's 3rd grader is at Cunningham Park. We do not have a local level IV so Louise Archer is the only option.

she lives in the town and as far as I have heard, louise archer is the center for AAP.

No offense, but if it is so overcrowded, they should make all the stenwood and westbriar kids go to an AAP center in their pyramid (Marshall, no grandfathering), rather than displacing the kids in the Madison pyramid. This is madness!!

[Anonymous]

So are we thinking that LA is not accepting ANY new 4th graders next year, even from the schools that are sending 3rd graders?

[Anonymous]

and what if Louise Archer is your base school? if it is truly closed to any new 4th graders, then do those kids also get assigned to Colvin Run or antoher AAP center?

And, if not, what is the fairness in giving them preference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my friend's 3rd grader is at Cunningham Park. We do not have a local level IV so Louise Archer is the only option.

she lives in the town and as far as I have heard, louise archer is the center for AAP.

No offense, but if it is so overcrowded, they should make all the stenwood and westbriar kids go to an AAP center in their pyramid (Marshall, no grandfathering), rather than displacing the kids in the Madison pyramid. This is madness!!

Agreed. Sympathize with the logistical challenges for some, but the entitlement on this board is nauseating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and what if Louise Archer is your base school? if it is truly closed to any new 4th graders, then do those kids also get assigned to Colvin Run or antoher AAP center?

And, if not, what is the fairness in giving them preference?

If it's your base school, it's not closed.

[Anonymous]

Entitlement? what entitlement are you speaking of? you mean the one that FCPS has on their website that states clearly that Cunningham Park is in the Madison pyramid which is assigned to Louise Archer and Luther Jackson for AAP centers?

that is not an entitlement. And these rising fourth graders should not be treated differently than other rising fourth graders in the same pyramid. That is called equality.

[Anonymous]

FCPS should do administrative boundary changes so all have a bus. The squabbling parents who won't change school sites created this nightmare for all.

[Anonymous]

What was the point of taking kids out of Louise Archer and putting them at Westbriar if this was still going to be overcrowding? They should have done a bigger adjustment. It makes little sense for any Vienna child eventually attending Madison or Marshall to go to Colvin Run which feeds into Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was the point of taking kids out of Louise Archer and putting them at Westbriar if this was still going to be overcrowding? They should have done a bigger adjustment. It makes little sense for any Vienna child eventually attending Madison or Marshall to go to Colvin Run which feeds into Langley.

They did the same to the Kent Gardens kids several years ago. They moved them out of Haycock to Churchill road. CHurchill Road feeds to Langley and Kent Gardens and Haycock feed to McLean. They also decided to NOT move Franklin Sherman from Haycock to Churchill road even though it is closer and Franklin Sherman split feeds to to Langley and McLean. So in the morning one bus carts the AAP in Kent Gardens west through McLean Center to Churchill Road and one bus carts Franklin Sherman kids east through McLean Center to Haycock. If they time it right the kids can wave to each other as the buses pass each other on Old Chain Bridge Road. (Don't really know the bus routes, but making a guess.)

It all depends on which group of parents has the ear of the SB representative. There is no logic.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I think this is about a child going into 4th grade at a school that still feeds to Louise Archer for AAP such as Flint Hill, Wolftrap, Vienna, or Cunningham Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and what if Louise Archer is your base school? if it is truly closed to any new 4th graders, then do those kids also get assigned to Colvin Run or antoher AAP center?

And, if not, what is the fairness in giving them preference?

This makes no sense at all...of course if LA is their base school they will stay there. D

[Anonymous]

This whole thing is bizarre. Months ago the school board voted to redistrict some rising 3d grade LA center kids to the new center at Westbriar - with transportation - and no mention of Colvin Run at all. I haven't heard of a countermanding school board vote since then. This makes me wonder if these letters just have typographical errors or something. Where did all this come from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the point of taking kids out of Louise Archer and putting them at Westbriar if this was still going to be overcrowding? They should have done a bigger adjustment. It makes little sense for any Vienna child eventually attending Madison or Marshall to go to Colvin Run which feeds into Langley.

They did the same to the Kent Gardens kids several years ago. They moved them out of Haycock to Churchill road. CHurchill Road feeds to Langley and Kent Gardens and Haycock feed to McLean. They also decided to NOT move Franklin Sherman from Haycock to Churchill road even though it is closer and Franklin Sherman split feeds to to Langley and McLean. So in the morning one bus carts the AAP in Kent Gardens west through McLean Center to Churchill Road and one bus carts Franklin Sherman kids east through McLean Center to Haycock. If they time it right the kids can wave to each other as the buses pass each other on Old Chain Bridge Road. (Don't really know the bus routes, but making a guess.)

It all depends on which group of parents has the ear of the SB representative. There is no logic.

Isn't that the truth!!! It's so political.