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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The  biggest problem with eliminating centers is the redistricting that would be required.[/quote]

First of all, its difficult to see all centers being eliminated, because as others have noted, some schools have only a few kids qualify and could not meet the needs of these kids in a LLIV.  They're also more likely to be Title 1 schools, or at least schools in less affluent districts and there is no way FCPS is going to do anything that allows low income kids to even appear to get less than full gifted services because of the inequity issue.  If you look at what school board members have said in the past, most are on record supporting centers where needed, LLIV where there are more kids who qualify.

As for redistricting, a lot of that is going to go on anyway given the high growth in parts of the county.  In the Tysons area, for example, Westbriar became a center 2 years ago and is being expanded to a capacity of 900 kids.  School officials easily expect this school to get as high as 1,000 (that's K-6 on a tiny 2-lane residential road with hallways that even post renovation will remain better suited to a school of 450).  It is very easy to see Westbriar becoming a LLIV and no longer allowing kids to be bused from Stenwood and distant Freedom Hill and instead being full of kids from new developments in Tysons.  Westbriar is already getting kids from apartment buildings across Leesburg Pike who are arguably closer to Spring Hill. Particularly, given that a new Tysons elementary school isn't due to be built until 2020-something.[/quote]

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