Navy Elementary New Principal

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I wish they got rid of the Centers in MS. I would love for there to be fewer kids at Carson, which is our base school. I don’t like that the clubs that my kid is interested in are harder for him to get into because there are kids from all over the place there. He shouldn’t lose out on oppertunities because he is at a Center school.

I would love to see the Centers go away, at ES and MS. If you want to be in a different program at your school, fine, but accept that there is a a cost to that and deal.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

Nothing in my previous posts negates this. I’m not sure what your point is. At Franklin there is a smaller cohort of AAP kids period. Carson has way more AAP kids. Having more AAP kids overall is what attracts parents to the center. More chance to meet kids that are similar, whether it is on your team, electives, lunch/recess, or after school activities.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

I don't think you are understanding what I'm trying to say. For one thing, if there were no AAP centers, then all of the current LLIV middle schools would have more AAP children. Second, only their core classes are AAP, they can meet kids in all of their other classes - that's one great benefit of middle school, they switch classes for every class.

But there are. That’s why I’m explaining why many parents want to send their AAP kids to the AAP center. Because overall there are more AAP kids in the center school.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

I suppose my priorities are different than yours. I want my child to interact with other children, regardless if they are AAP or not.

While I want my.child in AAP courses for core subjects, for those are the appropriate academic placement, I couldn't care less whether the other children with whom my child has electives, lunch, Panther Time, and recess are AAP or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they got rid of the Centers in MS. I would love for there to be fewer kids at Carson, which is our base school. I don’t like that the clubs that my kid is interested in are harder for him to get into because there are kids from all over the place there. He shouldn’t lose out on oppertunities because he is at a Center school.

I would love to see the Centers go away, at ES and MS. If you want to be in a different program at your school, fine, but accept that there is a a cost to that and deal.

There is zero reason for Carson to be so big and for Franklin to send so many kids there other than FCPS incompetence.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

I suppose my priorities are different than yours. I want my child to interact with other children, regardless if they are AAP or not.

While I want my.child in AAP courses for core subjects, for those are the appropriate academic placement, I couldn't care less whether the other children with whom my child has electives, lunch, Panther Time, and recess are AAP or not.

And that’s why parents get to choose what’s best for their kids. You can choose the center or the base school. For my kid it’s best they are surrounded with more similar peers. I supposed that also is probably why some parents want TJ as well. Sure there are advanced kids at their base high school, but they want a whole school filled with advanced kids.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

I suppose my priorities are different than yours. I want my child to interact with other children, regardless if they are AAP or not.

While I want my.child in AAP courses for core subjects, for those are the appropriate academic placement, I couldn't care less whether the other children with whom my child has electives, lunch, Panther Time, and recess are AAP or not.

And that’s why parents get to choose what’s best for their kids. You can choose the center or the base school. For my kid it’s best they are surrounded with more similar peers. I supposed that also is probably why some parents want TJ as well. Sure there are advanced kids at their base high school, but they want a whole school filled with advanced kids.

I am an AAP parent with Carson as a base school, we don’t have a choice. We have to share the school and resources with other kids whether we like it or not. And Gen Ed kids don’t have a choice. No offense, I would rather not have kids from other kids at Carson. There are plenty of smart kids at each of the schools to form a peer group. We don’t need to add more kids to Carson. I am pretty sure the only people who like the Center schools are the parents who move their kids there.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

I suppose my priorities are different than yours. I want my child to interact with other children, regardless if they are AAP or not.

While I want my.child in AAP courses for core subjects, for those are the appropriate academic placement, I couldn't care less whether the other children with whom my child has electives, lunch, Panther Time, and recess are AAP or not.

And that’s why parents get to choose what’s best for their kids. You can choose the center or the base school. For my kid it’s best they are surrounded with more similar peers. I supposed that also is probably why some parents want TJ as well. Sure there are advanced kids at their base high school, but they want a whole school filled with advanced kids.

Bad analogy. TJ is now full of kids who would be middle of the pack at Franklin and bottom half at Carson.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

That is really sad. Your baby's friends when they get out in the real world will not be fake-advanced. They'll just be normal people. We need to stop coddling the smart kids/good test takers.

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Carson is my kid's base school, we don't WANT other kids from far away neighborhoods there. Just stay at your zoned school, it's so stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is my kid's base school, we don't WANT other kids from far away neighborhoods there. Just stay at your zoned school, it's so stupid.

We are happy to give them to you!

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is my kid's base school, we don't WANT other kids from far away neighborhoods there. Just stay at your zoned school, it's so stupid.

Sorry, not a chance.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

I suppose my priorities are different than yours. I want my child to interact with other children, regardless if they are AAP or not.

While I want my.child in AAP courses for core subjects, for those are the appropriate academic placement, I couldn't care less whether the other children with whom my child has electives, lunch, Panther Time, and recess are AAP or not.

And that’s why parents get to choose what’s best for their kids. You can choose the center or the base school. For my kid it’s best they are surrounded with more similar peers. I supposed that also is probably why some parents want TJ as well. Sure there are advanced kids at their base high school, but they want a whole school filled with advanced kids.

Good luck in life!

In the "real world" people have different races, cultures, genders, religions, backgrounds, levels of education, intelligence levels, etc. Your desire to have your child surrounded by "similar peers" even at lunch and during Panther Time is not helping your child to learn about and appreciate the differences in people.

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I would think an AAP mom would have more klass than nickname (sweetie, dummy) to every insult. Watch out, your MAGA hat is showing.

Says the lady who uses "Klass" and then just decides saying something super cliche like "MAGA hat is showing" is an insult to something that is not even remotely political.

I have no skin in this game, my children are not at Navy, we're zoned to Carson as our base middle school, so the Franklin/Carson choice is not an issue for us, but I do think it's silly that they have AAP Centers in middle school when children switch for every class, so only AAP kids are going to be in AAP classes anyway, unlike in elementary when kids can be principal placed.

There are kids at Carson who are not AAP that are in different sections. AAP designation means the kids won’t be in class with them. That is what the AAP parents want.

And that is how AAP works in a LLIV middle school, too, PP.

Yes of course, but there are far less AAP students at a LLIV middle school vs. a center AAP middle school. The only AAP students at a LLIV school will come from kids already zoned to go there. Less chance to meet new people if you are in AAP. Center middle schools have the majority of AAP kids come from all different schools which makes for a lot nicer environment and allows kids to meet more people.

What on earth are you taking about? Regardless of whether students go to Carson or Franklin, they will have classes with the same number of other students. Because middle schools do "teams," they will inevitably have at least two classes with a good number of the same students.

My kid who went through AAP at Franklin had classes with students who came from Brookfield, Lees Corner, Oak Hill, Waples Mill, Hunters Woods, and Navy. That allowed them to meet a lot of new people.

Are you dense? There are still way more AAP kids overall at a center school than at a LLIV school.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean that your kid will interact with all those students. I don't think you understand the way FCPS middle schools work.

My Carson AAP kid was in English, science, and social studies with the exact same cohort of students. Her cousin, my nephew, was also AAP at the same time and had core classes with an entirely different cohort of students. Our next door neighbor, also AAP, had the same experience. There was ZERO "mixing" of those cohorts. If they weren't on the same team, they didn't have core classes together. Electives, of course, were different because there were both AAP and general education students in those classes.

I have a Carson AAP kid so I know exactly how it works. There are lots of AAP teams there and they mix in math, PE, and electives (including world language). They also mix during panther time and lunch/recess. There were lots of chances to mix with other AAP kids not on your core team. My child has made so many new AAP friends at Carson.

I suppose my priorities are different than yours. I want my child to interact with other children, regardless if they are AAP or not.

While I want my.child in AAP courses for core subjects, for those are the appropriate academic placement, I couldn't care less whether the other children with whom my child has electives, lunch, Panther Time, and recess are AAP or not.

And that’s why parents get to choose what’s best for their kids. You can choose the center or the base school. For my kid it’s best they are surrounded with more similar peers. I supposed that also is probably why some parents want TJ as well. Sure there are advanced kids at their base high school, but they want a whole school filled with advanced kids.

Good luck in life!

In the "real world" people have different races, cultures, genders, religions, backgrounds, levels of education, intelligence levels, etc. Your desire to have your child surrounded by "similar peers" even at lunch and during Panther Time is not helping your child to learn about and appreciate the differences in people.

But, if you are high performer, or work STEM job, most people will be similiar level of education and interest. You will have high income to get away from problem. Yes occaionsally, have to work with people of entirely differnet background like the repair person or lawn cutting man. But, you can socialize and work with the peer.

College time very nice because everybody very smart, and liking the same movie game, and quoting same movie. Everyone understood.