Least run down/overcrowded schools in Vienna area?

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This is a good pyramid.

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Anonymous wrote:And it feeds into Longfellow and Mclean right? Would those be up to OP's standards?

Everything zoned for Colvin Run feeds into Cooper/Langley now, even though Madison, Marshall, and McLean are all closer to Colvin Run than Langley is. So you get a school that isn't overcrowded but it is 7-8 miles away.

^ To be clear, Colvin Run ES is near the neighborhoods it serves in Vienna. It's just 7-8 miles from Langley HS, which is a bit of a bummer but not necessarily a deal-killer IMO.

Lnagley is about 5 miles from Colvin Run and Cooper is less than 5 miles.

Maybe by helicopter, silly goose.

by Lewinsville Road

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Anonymous wrote:Colvin Run is a fantastic school!!

It is, and it's a very nice facility - but unfortunately, it's an AAP center. Centers are the worst.

It's barely a center. Only LLIV-eligible kids from Great Falls and Colvin Run go there and there were just 30 kids from Great Falls there last year.

"Barely a center"? There are more AAP classes than Gen Ed classes. The Gen Ed students are outnumbered.

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Anonymous wrote:Colvin Run is a fantastic school!!

It is, and it's a very nice facility - but unfortunately, it's an AAP center. Centers are the worst.

It's barely a center. Only LLIV-eligible kids from Great Falls and Colvin Run go there and there were just 30 kids from Great Falls there last year.

"Barely a center"? There are more AAP classes than Gen Ed classes. The Gen Ed students are outnumbered.

That wouldn’t be much different if it were just a non-center school with LLIV. The Great Falls ES kids only account for one classroom and change.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colvin Run is a fantastic school!!

It is, and it's a very nice facility - but unfortunately, it's an AAP center. Centers are the worst.

It's barely a center. Only LLIV-eligible kids from Great Falls and Colvin Run go there and there were just 30 kids from Great Falls there last year.

"Barely a center"? There are more AAP classes than Gen Ed classes. The Gen Ed students are outnumbered.

That wouldn’t be much different if it were just a non-center school with LLIV. The Great Falls ES kids only account for one classroom and change.

I believe Forestville, Spring Hill, and Westbriar are also feeder schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Colvin Run is a fantastic school!!

It is, and it's a very nice facility - but unfortunately, it's an AAP center. Centers are the worst.

It's barely a center. Only LLIV-eligible kids from Great Falls and Colvin Run go there and there were just 30 kids from Great Falls there last year.

"Barely a center"? There are more AAP classes than Gen Ed classes. The Gen Ed students are outnumbered.

That wouldn’t be much different if it were just a non-center school with LLIV. The Great Falls ES kids only account for one classroom and change.

I believe Forestville, Spring Hill, and Westbriar are also feeder schools.

You believe wrong.

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AAP center for Forestville is Forest Edge.

AAP center for Spring Hill is Churchill Road.

Westbriar is itself an AAP center.

Great Falls is the only other elementary school for which Colvin Run is the AAP center option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colvin Run is a fantastic school!!

It is, and it's a very nice facility - but unfortunately, it's an AAP center. Centers are the worst.

It's barely a center. Only LLIV-eligible kids from Great Falls and Colvin Run go there and there were just 30 kids from Great Falls there last year.

hahaha, would you say this about Navy? It's "barely a center" because it only accepts kids from Navy and Crossfield? LOL!!!

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Anonymous wrote:AAP center for Forestville is Forest Edge.

AAP center for Spring Hill is Churchill Road.

Westbriar is itself an AAP center.

Great Falls is the only other elementary school for which Colvin Run is the AAP center option.

Centers should be a thing of the past. All kids should remain at their base schools, especially since they all seem to have LLIV at this point. It's absurd that one group of kids gets to choose which school they'd like to attend, but the other group does not.

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Anonymous wrote:AAP center for Forestville is Forest Edge.

AAP center for Spring Hill is Churchill Road.

Westbriar is itself an AAP center.

Great Falls is the only other elementary school for which Colvin Run is the AAP center option.

Centers should be a thing of the past. All kids should remain at their base schools, especially since they all seem to have LLIV at this point. It's absurd that one group of kids gets to choose which school they'd like to attend, but the other group does not.

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A glaring example of INequity. Disgraceful.

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Anonymous wrote:AAP center for Forestville is Forest Edge.

AAP center for Spring Hill is Churchill Road.

Westbriar is itself an AAP center.

Great Falls is the only other elementary school for which Colvin Run is the AAP center option.

Centers should be a thing of the past. All kids should remain at their base schools, especially since they all seem to have LLIV at this point. It's absurd that one group of kids gets to choose which school they'd like to attend, but the other group does not.

Not for all schools but definitely Great Falls does not need to send their kids to Colvin Run. They are basically both centers in of themselves and Colvin Run ONLY pulls from Great Falls and Great Falls has it's own program so in this case it's obvious that neither of these schools need school choice for AAP.

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Anonymous wrote:AAP center for Forestville is Forest Edge.

AAP center for Spring Hill is Churchill Road.

Westbriar is itself an AAP center.

Great Falls is the only other elementary school for which Colvin Run is the AAP center option.

Centers should be a thing of the past. All kids should remain at their base schools, especially since they all seem to have LLIV at this point. It's absurd that one group of kids gets to choose which school they'd like to attend, but the other group does not.

Not for all schools but definitely Great Falls does not need to send their kids to Colvin Run. They are basically both centers in of themselves and Colvin Run ONLY pulls from Great Falls and Great Falls has it's own program so in this case it's obvious that neither of these schools need school choice for AAP.

You can get rid of separate centers that draw from multiple schools but as long as there are LLIV-only classrooms some people will continue to complain about the AAP model.

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Great Falls has needed to be its own center for a long time. It has the highest number of AAP eligible students per school boundary for a school that isn't a center in the entire county. it's not representative of the rest of the county.

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Anonymous wrote:Great Falls has needed to be its own center for a long time. It has the highest number of AAP eligible students per school boundary for a school that isn't a center in the entire county. it's not representative of the rest of the county.

What’s the practical difference between an AAP center that only serves one or two schools (like Colvin Run) and a non-center school that has LLIV and very few transfers to a center (like Chesterbrook, Great Falls, and Spring Hill)?

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Anonymous wrote:Great Falls has needed to be its own center for a long time. It has the highest number of AAP eligible students per school boundary for a school that isn't a center in the entire county. it's not representative of the rest of the county.

What’s the practical difference between an AAP center that only serves one or two schools (like Colvin Run) and a non-center school that has LLIV and very few transfers to a center (like Chesterbrook, Great Falls, and Spring Hill)?

None. That's why they aren't needed. if you can staff 2 classes of AAP students without allowing transfers, your kid doesn't need to transfer to a center.