FCPS Ready to Screw Poorer/GenEd Kids Again

[Anonymous]

could someone please clarify this for me?

A current 7th grader at LJMS from Mosby Woods non-AAP will stay at LJMS for 8th grade next year. But the 6th grade sibling who is also not in AAP must go to Thoreau for 7th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:could someone please clarify this for me?

A current 7th grader at LJMS from Mosby Woods non-AAP will stay at LJMS for 8th grade next year. But the 6th grade sibling who is also not in AAP must go to Thoreau for 7th grade?

yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't dispute that there may be some changes to the LJ AAP numbers on the margins. Still, academic-minded parents will continue attracted to a middle school AAP program that prepares students exceptionally well for high school, fields successful academic extracurricular teams like Science Olympiad and MathCounts, and sends a solid contingent of students to TJ each year (where they flourish, based on first-hand knowledge of multiple LJ AAP alumni at TJ). Time will tell how this all shakes out, of course, but based on the above, I predict that the LJ AAP program will remain strong for many years to come.

There are already many “academic-minded” parents choosing Thoreau over Jackson and the incentives for a much larger group of parents to do so in the future will only continue to increase.

[Anonymous]

There certainly are parents that make that choice, although the choice seems to largely be driven by factors other than academics. That could change over time I suppose, but it would take a school-wide commitment by TMS to build and sustain a successful AAP center program like the one thst already exists at LJ. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, LJ AAP is the right choice for those AAP students that want the most rigorous academic preparation for high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:could someone please clarify this for me?

A current 7th grader at LJMS from Mosby Woods non-AAP will stay at LJMS for 8th grade next year. But the 6th grade sibling who is also not in AAP must go to Thoreau for 7th grade?

yes.

I think the current 7th grader can switch if s/he wants. But, yes, the kids at LJ can stay there for next year. I've heard that there are some who want to switch...which is surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Camelot and Fairhill parents have themselves to blame.

Maybe they don't see it as a negative like you do. Maybe they see it as a POSITIVE -- getting 150 kids out of LJ this year and eventually having 300 less than they have now. Maybe they are fine with the education their kids are receiving (even if other kids are struggling with other challenges -- language, economic background). Maybe they have more faith in their kids' ability and faith in the LJ administration and teachers to keep doing what they've been doing all along.

Exactly! Well said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Camelot and Fairhill parents have themselves to blame.

Maybe they don't see it as a negative like you do. Maybe they see it as a POSITIVE -- getting 150 kids out of LJ this year and eventually having 300 less than they have now. Maybe they are fine with the education their kids are receiving (even if other kids are struggling with other challenges -- language, economic background). Maybe they have more faith in their kids' ability and faith in the LJ administration and teachers to keep doing what they've been doing all along.

Exactly! Well said.

Well they got their wish then, didn't they.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:could someone please clarify this for me?

A current 7th grader at LJMS from Mosby Woods non-AAP will stay at LJMS for 8th grade next year. But the 6th grade sibling who is also not in AAP must go to Thoreau for 7th grade?

Current students get a choice. Incoming only has choice if aap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:could someone please clarify this for me?

A current 7th grader at LJMS from Mosby Woods non-AAP will stay at LJMS for 8th grade next year. But the 6th grade sibling who is also not in AAP must go to Thoreau for 7th grade?

Current students get a choice. Incoming only has choice if aap.

Current students also get to switch over for 1 year? What a mess.

[Anonymous]

Happens a time there’s a change. Don’t fret about it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Camelot and Fairhill parents have themselves to blame.

Maybe they don't see it as a negative like you do. Maybe they see it as a POSITIVE -- getting 150 kids out of LJ this year and eventually having 300 less than they have now. Maybe they are fine with the education their kids are receiving (even if other kids are struggling with other challenges -- language, economic background). Maybe they have more faith in their kids' ability and faith in the LJ administration and teachers to keep doing what they've been doing all along.

LJ will end up like Glasgow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Camelot and Fairhill parents have themselves to blame.

Maybe they don't see it as a negative like you do. Maybe they see it as a POSITIVE -- getting 150 kids out of LJ this year and eventually having 300 less than they have now. Maybe they are fine with the education their kids are receiving (even if other kids are struggling with other challenges -- language, economic background). Maybe they have more faith in their kids' ability and faith in the LJ administration and teachers to keep doing what they've been doing all along.

LJ will end up like Glasgow.

That’s a best-case scenario.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Camelot and Fairhill parents have themselves to blame.

Maybe they don't see it as a negative like you do. Maybe they see it as a POSITIVE -- getting 150 kids out of LJ this year and eventually having 300 less than they have now. Maybe they are fine with the education their kids are receiving (even if other kids are struggling with other challenges -- language, economic background). Maybe they have more faith in their kids' ability and faith in the LJ administration and teachers to keep doing what they've been doing all along.

LJ will end up like Glasgow.

That’s a best-case scenario.

I doubt LJ parents would be happy with Glasgow, so the "best-case scenario" seems like a big loss,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Camelot and Fairhill parents have themselves to blame.

Maybe they don't see it as a negative like you do. Maybe they see it as a POSITIVE -- getting 150 kids out of LJ this year and eventually having 300 less than they have now. Maybe they are fine with the education their kids are receiving (even if other kids are struggling with other challenges -- language, economic background). Maybe they have more faith in their kids' ability and faith in the LJ administration and teachers to keep doing what they've been doing all along.

LJ will end up like Glasgow.

That’s a best-case scenario.

I seriously doubt that.

[Anonymous]

Enough with this topic already! Stop regurgitating and pretending!

This is not even an AAP issue. If anything it is a political issue. If you want to solve something stop hiding under anonymity and do something tangible.