Kent Garden (local) Vs Churchill Rd (center)
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Anonymous
| Our 3rd grader got in AAP, and we will be moving to KGES district soon. I heard that a good amount of kids stay local. Does KGES have a full AAP class on every grade? Thank you. |
Anonymous
| Wondering same for Island Creek vs Springfield Estate. |
Anonymous
| This is why they have orientations. Go to them. |
Anonymous
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Kent Gardens has a lot of AAP eligible kids and only a small number go to Churchill Road. There are two reasons. The first is that KG has a good local AAP program and the second is that KG is in the McLean pyramid whereas the rest of Churchill Road goes to Langley. No one else at Churchill Road (Gen Ed or AAP) feeds to Longfellow/McLean.
https://kentgardenses.fcps.edu/academics/advanced-academic-programs |
Anonymous
No, it’s because families want to maintain the French immersion AND access AAP full-time services. |
Anonymous
That may be an additional reason, but it is not one of the main ones. |
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| French immersion may be one of reasons that AAP kids stay. |
Anonymous
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In my son’s third grade group there are two French AAP math classes. I don’t know how many English AAP math classes there are. There are also at least two AAP languages arts groups.
Most kids stay, we’ve known two families in the last 10 years who have moved to CRES (though I’m sure there are more, lol) and one of them ended up coming back to Kent gardens when their younger child didn’t qualify for AAP. |
Anonymous
| The FCPS capacity dashboard site indicates that fewer than 10 kids living within the Kent Gardens boundaries are attending Churchill Road this year. About 60% of the transfers into Churchill Road come from Spring Hill. |
Anonymous
This is why KG kids stay local. Kids not doing French immersion tend to go to the AAP center. |
Anonymous
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KG French and non French immersion AAP classes are mixed with non AAP kids.
At Churchill Road the AAP classes are not mixed, except for specials. |