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Anonymous
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For those that are following the Annandale boundary study -- I had no idea that AAP Centers might be changing as well.
From: FCPS Outreach [mailto:FCPSkit@fcps.edu] Subject: School Board Approves Next Steps for Annandale Study; Community Meetings Set The Fairfax County School Board authorized the scope for the Annandale Regional Study at its April 28 meeting and invites parents and interested citizens to participate in the upcoming community dialogue meetings to discuss options for the 25 schools in the region. Elementary schools included in the study to establish a new elementary school at the Lacey site are: Annandale Terrace, Beech Tree, Belvedere, Braddock, Bren Mar Park, Columbia, North Springfield, Pine Spring, Sleepy Hollow, Westlawn, and Woodburn. Schools included in the study to reduce overcrowding at Annandale High School and improve the enrollment balance in the region are: Annandale, Edison, Falls Church, Lee, Stuart, and Woodson High Schools; Lake Braddock Secondary School; and Frost, Glasgow, Holmes, Jackson, Key, Poe, and Twain Middle Schools. The meetings will be from 7-9 p.m. on: May 16: Annandale High School cafeteria, 4700 Medford Drive, Annandale (use entrance 7) Edison High School cafeteria, 5801 Franconia Road, Alexandria (use entrance 1) May 23: Falls Church High School cafeteria, 7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church (use entrance 8) Lake Braddock Secondary School cafeteria, 9200 Burke Lake Road, Burke (use entrance 15) A fifth meeting is scheduled on Monday, June 6, specifically for speakers of other languages and will include interpreters for Arabic, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Other languages may be provided as requested. It will be from 7-9 p.m. at Annandale Terrace Elementary, 7604 Herald Street, Annandale (use entrance 1). The meeting will be held in the gymnasium, adjacent to the Parent Resource Center. The study proposes: • Boundary options for a new elementary school currently under construction at 3705 Crest Drive in Annandale, also known as the Lacey site. The new elementary school will serve to relieve significant overcrowding at several of the surrounding the elementary schools. • Middle and high school boundary change options to relieve overcrowding at Annandale High School. • Review of a non-boundary change option to relieve overcrowding at Annandale High School. It is also possible that Advanced Academic Center assignments for students or program locations among these schools may change. Each meeting will feature an identical presentation. Unlike a town hall, these community engagement meetings will bring attendees together in small group discussions to explore and answer questions that will provide critical information to the staff and School. Staff members from the departments of Facilities Planning, Transportation, Instructional Services, and Special Services will be available to answer groups’ questions. Those planning to attend any of these meetings are asked to register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/annandalecommunitydialogue . For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/annandalestudy/regional/index.htm . |
Anonymous
| I believe that one of the staff options proposes moving the MS AAP center from Glasgow to Poe. I don't think there are any other proposed changes to AAP centers. |
Anonymous
The staff response is not clear: http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/annandalestudy/regional/pdfs/faq.pdf The Keep-in-Touch notice about the community dialogue meetings mentioned "it is also possible that Advanced Academic Center assignments for students or program locations among these schools may change." We just received notice today (4/29) that our 2nd grader is AAP Center eligible. A change in school assignment would influence our decision for where to place him in the fall. When will these Annandale Study AAP Center changes be announced so we can make a decision for our son? Or would current AAP Center placements be grandfathered? Scenarios that include changes to AAP Centers will be shown in the proposed boundary scenarios at the meetings on May 16 and 23. Any changes to the school attendance areas would not be implemented until school year 2012-13. This decision will be made by the School Board on July 28, 2011. Since your child would be entering into an AAP Center in the 3rd grade, it is possible that your student would not be grandfathered. Typically, a grandfather provision would apply to rising 5th or 6th grade students, depending on whether the school is a K-5 or K-6 school, so that the student could finish their last elementary school year at their current school. However, the issue of grandfathering will be addressed by the School Board when they take action at the end of July, which could include broader grandfather provisions. Posted: May 6, 2011 |
Anonymous
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Lots of AAP Center moves in the boundary scenarios:
http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/annandalestudy/regional/communitymeetings.htm |
Anonymous
| Doesn't seem like a lot of AAP changes to me. Belvedere stays the elementary aap center for most in the area. (a few kids move into it and a few out of it to stay with their base school pyramids, a very few of which are moving in a way that affects aap assignments ). One proposal moves the ms aap center to holmes and another moves it to Poe, while two keep it at glasgow. Minor changes, in the grand scheme of things. |
Anonymous
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Wow. Sure looks like they're keen on yanking Bren Mar Park kids out of Annandale. Send them across the beltway to high school at Edison? Is there any other elementary school inside the beltway that feeds a high school outside 495?
Was Bren Mar even part of this study when it started? |
Anonymous
All the proposed changes, in multiple options, in one document: http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/annandalestudy/regional/pdfs/aapassignments.pdf |
Anonymous
The "Ad Hoc Planning Committee" added Bren Mar in, according to the Frequently Asked Questions document posted on the FCPS website: http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/annandalestudy/regional/pdfs/faq.pdf As Bren Mar Park is a feeder school to both Poe and Annandale, why were BMP representatives not invited to participate in the Annandale Regional Planning Study Committees? Who made the decision not to invite BMP representatives? At the time of the planning study, staff did not identify Bren Mar Park to be part of the Annandale Regional Planning Study. Only those schools that were identified as part of the planning study were asked to send two representatives to participate in the Annandale Regional Planning Study Ad Hoc Committee. However, as the Ad Hoc Planning Committee reviewed the issues, they determined and recommended that the Annandale Regional Planning Study should include Pine Spring Elementary School and Twain and Key Middle Schools. The Ad Hoc committee also recommended that West Springfield High School not be included in the study since it cannot contribute any capacity towards a solution. Staff supported the Ad Hoc committee’s recommendations and also recommended including Bren Mar Park and North Springfield Elementary Schools since continued capacity deficit at Bren Mar Park and projected capacity surplus at North Springfield Elementary should be reviewed as part of overall goal of balancing enrollments in the region. The School Board in its approval of the scope of study, which included these schools. |
Anonymous
There are quite a few kids who live outside the Beltway who attend schools inside the Beltway, so I'm not sure why the opposite situation can't occur as well. Option #1 seems to be the least disruptive and make the most sense. |
Anonymous
I like option #3 as it gets more schools to K-6. |
Anonymous
Even though it would change my kids, I like option #3 as well. Might as well do a drastic change now to avoid another Regional Study later. |
Anonymous
| Why is K-6 better than K-5? Just curious. Where I grew up we had middle schools for grades 6-8. |
Anonymous
Because most of FCPS is K-6, and after-school activities in sports (and other afternoon activities) get complicated by bell schedules when some of the schools dismiss earlier than others. If most of FCPS was K-5, then I would agree that other schools (like the new Lacey) should be K-5 as well. |
Anonymous
Great point! |
Anonymous
| Yes, I agree with poster regarding drastic change now. We will be affected too. It seems that the non-boundary option and other options moving less students may only be a temporary band-aid. |