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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]sept 2013:
cooper 753, 0
kilmer 1293,aap 454 [includes Langley pyramid]
longfellow 1332, aap 555  [includes Langley pyramid]
thoreau 843, 0
jackson 1257, 291 [includes Madison pyramid]

How many for each of the last 5 years out of total eligible went to Thoreau for honors only instead of to Jackson?

FCPS had a local level iv at South County MS and that became a center after 1 year.  Are Thoreau parents unaware of this?
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/359138.page

If a critical mass has not been going to Jackson then it's ridiculous that FCPS had a level iv at South County and allowed it to become a recognized center.  FCPS used the phrase "recognized center" in this document:
http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/943T8J75CFA7/$file/AAP%20Level%20IV%20Center%20Proposal%20for%20South%20County%20MS.pdf

Cooper has other issues like the monster modular. Also if Cooper gets overcrowded then there could be concerns about base school boundary adjustments for neighborhoods by Herndon and South Lakes.  
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I am not sure what your point is - could you be specific?

I don't know that South County weighs heavily on Thoreau parents one way or the other.  From what I understand, FCPS had a longstanding agreement with parents in the South County area, pre-dating the construction of both the middle and high school, that South County would get a separate middle school, with an AAP center.  FCPS delivered on both those promises.

Cooper does not seem to be in danger of being over-crowded any time soon, at least according to FCPS, and with the declining enrollment at Langley there's no chance that Cooper/Langley neighborhoods will get moved to Herndon or South Lakes any time soon.  On the other hand, if Cooper keeps sending AAP students to Kilmer and Longfellow, those schools clearly will be overcrowded in the near future, and then FCPS will be under pressure to start shoveling Kilmer/Marshall and Longfellow/McLean neighborhoods into Cooper/Langley to maintain the enrollments.  [/quote]

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