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There are several posters you're arguing with too.  And no, I don't think my position is inconsistent at all -- I think both our children should be in the program that is educationally appropriate for them.[/quote]

Which comes back to the fact that both of you would apparently be happy if Cooper remained without AAP, and Longfellow were coverted to AAP-only, but that isn't going to play well south of Route 123.

Glad we got that sorted out! [/quote]

Hmm, no I don't think Longfellow should be only AAP -- that's someone else & I think it's crazy talk :)  And actually I think a real center at Cooper is a good idea -- if well planned and the school is given the resources & space it needs.[/quote]

And I feel a Longfellow center-only school is a great idea.  What's truly crazy is spending the energy and funds to make a center school out of Cooper, a great school on its own merits, when there are two other center middle schools in the area.  The fact that they're overcrowded is the fault of FCPS and their lax AAP admittance standards.[/quote]

I would propose to renovate Langley HS, move the Cooper and Longfellow non-AAP kids (they'll be about 1600 of them in a few years) to the facility, and relocate Langley HS to the existing Cooper building.  If you think this is without precedent, consider that Falls Church HS used to be Whittier Middle School and Sandburg MS used to be Fort Hunt HS.

How's that sound?  Do I have buy-in from the Langley parents?  [/quote]

That's a non-starter.  High schools and middle schools are completely different facilitywise.  Specialty classrooms, auditoriums and sports fields for starters.

I think each school should have AAP kids from their catchment area.  There will be enough.  Life will go on.[/quote]

[b]When you say "each school," do you mean each of Cooper, Longfellow and Kilmer, or each middle school in the county?  Because parents in other clusters have been fairly vocal that they don't think there would be enough of a "critical mass" at some middle schools for stand-alone AAP programs?

[/b]However, where Cooper is concerned, if people were willing to get off the pot, you have to believe they could have an excellent AAP program up and running there quickly.  [/quote]

I meant Cooper, Longfellow and Kilmer -- all three would have more than enough student without kids from outside their areas.  Thoreau as well. [/quote]

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