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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The non-AAP part of Springfield Estates is less than 400 kids (that includes the entire school -- from preK-6th non-AAP).

I'm not sure how many kids are attending SEES from Edison pyramid this year. Or how many were identified as AAP but did not attend. Some from Rose Hill choose to do immersion rather than AAP. Some from Clermont and Cameron choose the local level 4 program. Last year, there were 200/441 AAP kids at SEES that came from Edison. This year there are 520 AAP kids at SEES ... but I don't know which pyramids they are coming from.

If 200 kids are no longer part of SEES, but part of Bush Hill's proposed center, that will certainly have an effect on the program and the dynamics at SEES. The numbers may be sufficient to require it. The idea, however, needs to be considered in context with how it will affect the AAP students from Hayfield pyramid, Lee pyramid, as well as the AAP students from Edison pyramid. Those who support creating a new center, should consider not only the benefits of gaining their own facility in Edison, but also the costs of no longer being part of an established and very successful program (the teachers' knowledge and experience, the school community/history and activities, the efficiencies that come from being part of a larger group). [/quote]

While 15:53 has some valid information to consider on boundaries, the part above is where it goes off the rails. The school board should not consider keeping kids at SEES just because it's a good center. If SEES has less than 400 non AAP center children, that tells you that the center portion should be even less than that number which likely will be around 300 students maximum so that the neighborhood kids don't feel outnumbered and it remains in part a neighborhood school. All of the other AAP centers are mostly between 100-360 students with an average in the 200's. SEES is too large at over 500 students.

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