Thoreau AAP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you not understand that the school board is supposed to operate for the best of the entire county and not just their own self interest

+1. Their self-interest is getting elected again so they favor those who yell the loudest and disadvantage those less willing to speak up.

As for the numbers FCPS reported 309 students would have been affected this year by the adopted change and that assumed no AAP kids switched to Thoreau. It will be a very big change next year. Jackson will be considerably poorer and Thoreau more crowded. They may not be above 100% capacity this fall, but wait a few more years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not understand that the school board is supposed to operate for the best of the entire county and not just their own self interest

+1. Their self-interest is getting elected again so they favor those who yell the loudest and disadvantage those less willing to speak up.

As for the numbers F[b]CPS reported 309 students would have been affected this year [/b]by the adopted change and that assumed no AAP kids switched to Thoreau. It will be a very big change next year. Jackson will be considerably poorer and Thoreau more crowded. They may not be above 100% capacity this fall, but wait a few more years.

No -- to the bolded. That is when the rezoning is fully implemented in 2019. And, as you mentioned, it was based on an assumption re: AAP kids that was a guess at the time it was made.

And why do I want the most recent info? B/c the info (200+) was given prior to the transfer deadline that the two schools agreed upon; Also the "200+" does not tell us how many are in each AAP grade level.

There have been dozens of pages of arguments for and against this change and assertions on what the effects will be to both LJ and TMS.... I think we all deserve some facts on how this is unfolding.

[Anonymous]

The bold didn't work, but this is the line:

"FCPS reported 309 students would have been affected this year "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bold didn't work, but this is the line:

"FCPS reported 309 students would have been affected this year "

This includes the AAP and general ed students at Jackson now switched to Thoreau with base high school of Oakton 7th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not understand that the school board is supposed to operate for the best of the entire county and not just their own self interest

+1. Their self-interest is getting elected again so they favor those who yell the loudest and disadvantage those less willing to speak up.

As for the numbers F[b]CPS reported 309 students would have been affected this year [/b]by the adopted change and that assumed no AAP kids switched to Thoreau. It will be a very big change next year. Jackson will be considerably poorer and Thoreau more crowded. They may not be above 100% capacity this fall, but wait a few more years.

No -- to the bolded. That is when the rezoning is fully implemented in 2019. And, as you mentioned, it was based on an assumption re: AAP kids that was a guess at the time it was made.

And why do I want the most recent info? B/c the info (200+) was given prior to the transfer deadline that the two schools agreed upon; Also the "200+" does not tell us how many are in each AAP grade level.

There have been dozens of pages of arguments for and against this change and assertions on what the effects will be to both LJ and TMS.... I think we all deserve some facts on how this is unfolding.

O you even have a rising 7th grader???????

[Anonymous]

Either way, parents and county residents should carefully monitor the impact of this decision to see just how much it accelerates the concentration of poverty at certain schools and leads to overcrowding at another. The children deserve nothing less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either way, parents and county residents should carefully monitor the impact of this decision to see just how much it accelerates the concentration of poverty at certain schools and leads to overcrowding at another. My property value deserves nothing less.

Fixed that for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either way, parents and county residents should carefully monitor the impact of this decision to see just how much it accelerates the concentration of poverty at certain schools and leads to overcrowding at another. My property value deserves nothing less.

Fixed that for you.

You are both arrogant and incorrect in assuming that everyone looks at such decisions through the same narrow lens of financial self-interest that you do.

[Anonymous]

I actually just want to know what TMS and LJ will be dealing with next year in terms of numbers. The TMS administrators will be able to handle it whatever the # is. But,

I am interested in knowing what the AAP numbers will be as that may affect the programs. I'm also interested in knowing how much the crowding will be reduced at LJ for friends/neighbors who have chosen that.

Funny how this thread goes dormant when we turn the discussion to facts/data instead of bickering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either way, parents and county residents should carefully monitor the impact of this decision to see just how much it accelerates the concentration of poverty at certain schools and leads to overcrowding at another. My property value deserves nothing less.

Fixed that for you.

You are both arrogant and incorrect in assuming that everyone looks at such decisions through the same narrow lens of financial self-interest that you do.

I don’t care about any impact other than the kids at the school my kid will be attending. (After all, decisions at other elementary schools don’t affect us so we don’t worry about them. My kid picked lj so that’s what I care about. If lj has issues years from now I can’t worry about that either. I take each issue as it comes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually just want to know what TMS and LJ will be dealing with next year in terms of numbers. The TMS administrators will be able to handle it whatever the # is. But,

I am interested in knowing what the AAP numbers will be as that may affect the programs. I'm also interested in knowing how much the crowding will be reduced at LJ for friends/neighbors who have chosen that.

Funny how this thread goes dormant when we turn the discussion to facts/data instead of bickering.

The facts are still unknown. Once they are known there will be more discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually just want to know what TMS and LJ will be dealing with next year in terms of numbers. The TMS administrators will be able to handle it whatever the # is. But,

I am interested in knowing what the AAP numbers will be as that may affect the programs. I'm also interested in knowing how much the crowding will be reduced at LJ for friends/neighbors who have chosen that.

Funny how this thread goes dormant when we turn the discussion to facts/data instead of bickering.

The facts are still unknown. Once they are known there will be more discussion.

Where can we obtain the facts?

[Anonymous]

Maybe someone has had a conversation with a principal or teacher at either school? Maybe a counselor or perhaps a comment at a pta meeting? A school newsletter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually just want to know what TMS and LJ will be dealing with next year in terms of numbers. The TMS administrators will be able to handle it whatever the # is. But,

I am interested in knowing what the AAP numbers will be as that may affect the programs. I'm also interested in knowing how much the crowding will be reduced at LJ for friends/neighbors who have chosen that.

Funny how this thread goes dormant when we turn the discussion to facts/data instead of bickering.

The facts are still unknown. Once they are known there will be more discussion.

Where can we obtain the facts?

Call Thoreau.

[Anonymous]

A neighbor who is friends with the an aa teacher at thoreau told me that the teacher said if th’s numbers rise as expected, they will higher more teachers.