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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question - if busing is eliminated to centers why can't I pay a fee for the bus?  It would create a number of logistical issues for me if the bus is eliminated. I would be willing to pay a fee.[/quote]

Is your child at a school with local Level IV?  If all the qualified kids from your child's school stays at your base school because centers in your area are eliminated, why would that bother you?  I can see being concerned when some kids go to the center and so you don't have as many  kids, but if they all stay I would think it would be as good as being at the center.[/quote]

actually, I more or less totally agree - if you have a critical mass with local level IV I think that would be fine - in my case, however, my child does go to a center already - our school started local level IV the year my child started at the center - it's true that we could have stayed at the base school but we didn't because we realized that the majority of other kids were going to the center (including all of my child's friends) so, at least for the first year, there were only a few kids in the program such as it was, and I understand it was rather disjointed (a very small group of kids moving around between classes to get the right differentiation - we are also an immersion school which complicates matters and I believe the local level IV was primarily designed so that the immersion kids could stay and do local level IV while still doing immersion - my child did not do immersion, ironically if immersion is eliminated, I think it would strengthen the local level IV program at the school)

my assumption is that even if centers are eliminated my child would be grandfathered in and allowed to remain at the center, but possibly with no bus - that's what I would prefer because my child loves the school and is very happy and I would tend to think most peers would remain if given the option

I actually have no problems with changes to the AAP program, but I wish it was not being considered in the midst of the budget debate in such a hasty manner - if you read this board with not a lot of information about the budget situation you would think the only thing standing in the way of balancing the budget is AAP, or even just busing to AAP centers, when, in fact, AAP is at most a few million out of a $50 million or $75 million budget hole.  Frankly, when I read this board, I get the sense that the anti-AAP contingent is rather gleeful about this budget situation because it provides an opportunity to go after AAP.  I think that is really shortsighted because a lot of programs and services for all students are really on the line given the size of this deficit.

[b]I did the budget tool online and got to $50 million in cuts without touching AAP.  I did roll back the later high school start times.  I agree with that initiative in theory, but I think it was very irresponsible of the county to make that change knowing that these budget issues were looming. I also cut things that I felt were least likely to alter the school experience for kids or hurt teachers - I can't recall all the things I cut, but I know there were some things like full time athletic trainers in the high schools and so forth.  [/b]
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You do realize that in doing that budget tool, you probably eliminated things that were important to other families and/or employees, if not to you?  AAP may be your pet issue, but it sure isn't mine or many others'.  We all have things that are important to us and that we see as critical to our children.  AAP is nowhere near the top of my list.  I consider later start times for high schoolers (and hopefully middle schoolers) as one of the most important issues for FCPS to fund.  Just keep in mind that your priorities are not everyone else's. [/quote]

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