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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which school won't have an AAP program then? Is this going to cause a lot of boundary shifting?  Some of the schools can't handle the extra students.  The whole argument this fall was how there needed to be "critical mass" for an AAP program.  The Shrevewood parents thought Lemon Road wouldn't have enough AAP students for their snowflakes, yet now they are considering their own LLIV program.  Shows how sincere they really were.[/quote]

The LLIV program was the idea of the principal, not the parents.  It's the direction FCPS is going.  I think there is still a real concern that there won't be critical mass at Lemon Road, so many rising 3rd grade parents feel that it may not be worth it to change schools and move their kids away from their friends to send them to a center that will not have critical mass anyway  After the Haycock experience, a lot of Shrevewood AAP parents are cautious about going to another school where they will be perceived to be outsiders and may prefer to keep their kids where they are if they can get LLIV.  Also, a lot of those families really like the Shrevewood community.  Keep in mind, they are 2 different groups of parents.  The rising 4th and 5th grade parents were the ones saying Lemon Road might not have critical mass -- and it's still a concern because Shrevewood's LLIV program would start with rising 3rd, so those kids wouldn't be part of it.  I hope that explains the thinking of many of the parents so the quoted poster can stop questioning their sincerity.  I wish people like the quoted poster could have a little compassion.  Those parents were doing what they could for their parents and they are still trying to do what they can.

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