Level IV AAP: Oakton Elementary
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Anonymous
| And where are the parents of Center eligible kids who opted to stay at Oakton? Any thoughts on the AAP experience at OES? |
Anonymous
| It's been kind of . . . meh. Some of the teachers are good, others not so much. Kids in the AAP classes are a "mixed bag" as well. I'll never know whether Sunrise would have been a better choice, though. |
Anonymous
Thank you for that advice! This wasn't even on my radar! |
Anonymous
Does any one else have an opinion on Local Level IV at Oakton? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| Does anyone know where I can information about the proposal to move Oakton ES center from Sunrise to Mosby Woods? TIA. |
Anonymous
Last Winter, there was a proposal to move around a bunch of AAP centers all over the county to better align them with high school pyramids. The proposal that circulated at the time had Mosby Woods as a center for Mosby Woods, Oakton, and Waples Mill beginning in 2013-14. I'm sure you can find that proposal on the FCPS website as well as FCAG. That proposal did not pass. After considerable parent pushback , the Board conceded to move more slowly. For the 2013-14 school year, the only AAP centers that were affected were Louise Archer, Haycock, and Hunters Woods. However, the Hunters Woods problem was only partially solved. They created a new center at Navy for Navy and Crossfield kids. But Waples Mill kids will still go to Hunters Woods in 2013-14. Since the Mosby Woods change wasn't approved for the 2013-14 school year, there was no room for the Waples Mill kids at Mosby Woods. However, Pat Hynes, School Board Rep for Hunters Woods area, was very upset that Waples Mill kids would continue to go to Hunters Woods. Dr. Zuluaga, Assistant Superintendant for Cluster 8 (which includes the Oakton HS pyramid) promised that this problem would be resolved by moving Waples Mill kids from Hunters Woods to Mosby Woods the following year (2014-15). Dr. Z wants all Oakton HS pyramid kids to attend an elementary center in the Oakton HS pyramid, so he wants centers at Navy and Mosby Woods only for Oakton HS pyramid kids. There are no official documents you can reference for this, and it is all subject to Board approval next year, so nothing is definite. However, this is the plan, and, even though Waples Mill families have been very vocal against it, nobody in the administration or on the Board seems to care. Waples Mill families are very much against this plan and want to go to the new center at Navy. It is not because of any issues with Mosby Woods as a center, but rather because of the long bus ride to Mosby Woods (including crossing 123 in rush hour) as well as the fact that Waples and Navy both feed to Franklin MS (or Rachel Carson MS, depending on how the MS AAP debate gets resolved). The principal at Waples Mill has refused to consider a LLIV program, so Waples Mill families will have no choice if they want the AAP program. Oakton ES is lucky to have the LLIV option. If you want to hear this story officially, the person to talk to is Dr. Zuluaga. His info is on the FCPS website. |
Anonymous
| Paragraphs, please. |
Anonymous
| Why didn't Crossfield AAP stay at Hunters Woods and Waples Mill AAP go to Navy? Geographically, that makes more sense. |
Anonymous
| 9:13, thank you for this information! |
Anonymous
| Wow! Thanks for the post. We are a MW base and AAP family. I would much prefer that my kids be with kids who will go on to the same MS and HS. Unfortunately, the way it is now is that some kids go to Rocky Run (AAP) or Lanier (base, not wanting to continue on in AAP) or Jackson (AAP) or Jackson (base) and Thoreau (base, not wanting to continue on in AAP). All MW base school go to Oakton HS and AAP goes to Madison/Oakton/Fairfax. It is very fractured, IMO. As I said, my DC that is in AAP has many friends that will not be part of the MS and HS scene, and that is unfortunate. |
Anonymous
| Why has the principal at WMES refused to consider LLIV? I think every ES should have LLIV for the kids that are bright but not center eligible. |
Anonymous
| Ditto to above from 9:46. Can Waples Mill base school families not have their AAP middle school changed to Jackson at the same time that their AAP elementary school is changed to Mosby Woods? That way the same AAP kids could stay together through elementary, middle, and high school (already all will go to Oakton High School). In at least some cases Jackson would be significantly closer than Franklin or Carson for Waples Mill families. Not sure of the space available at Jackson though or if any attending there could be moved to a different middle school that would also make more sense for them. |
Anonymous
Two reasons: 1. They want to close HW as a center. The only other center besides Navy in the Oakton HS pyramid will be Mosby Woods. Crossfield is too far from Mosby Woods. 2. Navy has limited capacity for a center. They are going to build up the LLIV at Crossfield. Their hope is that, in time, very few Crossfield students choose the center over LLIV. Since the Waples Mill principal refused to consider a LLIV option at Waples Mill, Navy would be overcrowded with all the Waples Mill kids going there. As for why no LLIV option at Waples Mill, they claim it is capacity reasons. Waples Mill counts on shipping out 30-40 3rd graders each year. What they haven't addressed is what they will do with all those parents who choose Gen Ed at Waples Mill over AAP at Mosby Woods because they don't want to subject their kids to a 1-hour bus ride in the morning. As for switching middle schools, the only MS that is technically in the Oakton HS pyramid is Rachel Carson. If the administration wants to truly put its money where its mouth is, they would send all Oakton HS pyramid students to Rachel Carson. |
Anonymous
| If Waples Mills kids can make the commute to Oakton HS, why can't they go to Mosby Woods? The schools are pretty close to each other. Not saying it's ideal, but the proposal does seem to make sense. |
Anonymous
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I just realized that Franlin and Rachel Carson are 1.5 miles apart. Who came up with that plan?!
They need a middle school in the Oakton area, maybe near Oakton ES. That would balance alot of things out. |