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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]fwiw, Thoreau is definitely not going to become a center in the next few years.  It has about 100 kids in each aap grade this year.  not sure they know how many they will have next year.  To some extent, the severe over-crowding at LJMS may have the effect of encouraging Thoreau-zoned aap kids to stay at Thoreau.

LJMS is expecting 1600 kids next fall --which makes it severely overcrowded, while TMS is expecting 950 - which is still about 400 undercapacity.[/quote]

By taking away the option for Thoreau students to go to LJ for aap, the will transfer about120 kids to thoreau (60 in 7, and 60 in 8).[/quote]

Actually, it's more like 45-50 kids per grade.  I checked the most recent transfer reports.

That said, there is NO plan to remove the LJMS center option in the coming years.  Whether the transfer numbers (45-50) go down b/c people want to avoid the crowding at LJMS,  I don't know.  This coming school year will be an indication for that.  The coming year at LJMS will be the worst of the crowding probably b/c in fall 2018, some of the kids (non-aap) who are zoned for LJMS near Oakton HS will be re-zoned to Thoreau as their required MS.  That will take *some* pressure off of LJMS, but probably not 400-500 kids worth.  Probably more in the range of 100 kids (at most).  But, the bottom line is that (1) LJMS is severely over crowded, (2) Thoreau is not going to be a center, and therefore (3) Thoreau based AAP kids will still have the option to to to LJMS.

FWIW, it appears that 2 out of 3 Thoreau-zoned AAP kids have chosen to stay at Thoreau this current year (they have 100 in the 7th grade class, and there are about 50 kids who chose LJMS for the center).  There must be something 2/3rds of the AAP people like about Thoreau.[/quote]

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