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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks Carson parent for your reply. I just realised I made a typo!!! My DD gets into Middle School in Fall 2019, not 2018. What do you advise?[/quote]

Watch and wait. My personal sense is that they are dragging their feet on a change neither Carson nor Franklin wants. And that they will do Thoreau first, because that is more popular.  Plus, the fact that Franklin is becoming more popular as an LLIV Center means that it is taking the overcrowding pressure off of Carson.  In fact, Carson enrollment went down this year.  But it all depends on the priorities of the new superintendent.  If they start the community meetings, go and be vocal.  Push for grandfathering of your kid, especially if it happens next year, when she is in 6th.

Also realize, half of Franklin kids are Carson based. Franklin will become a powerhouse in its own right if the the AAP kids are forced back.  It already has a great reputation.  The education should every bit be as good.  The only downside is TJ admissions. Carson is a TJ admission machine.  They have the teacher knowledge on how to write recommendations, administrative involvement, extracurriculars, etc. to make it happen. Franklin may lag for a year or two, as they get used to a huge TJ admissions pool. [/quote]

FYI -- there is no plan at all to make Thoreau a center.  The first thing that absolutely will happen is that some kids from Jackson's base school will be rezoned to Thoreau.  Some of those kids are AAP kids and they will choose to attend Thoreau's AAP (local level 4) program rather than go to the center (Jackson).  But, there is no discussion of making Thoreau a center.  I actually think it should become one just to keep kids from leaving and going to an already-over-crowded school (Jackson).  BUT, I'm sure the school board and the Jackson administrators WANT those AAP center kids coming so that they can skew the Jackson scores higher.  Thoreau's scores are good with or without the AAP kids, so they don't care or have any motivation to become a center.  Thoreau is happy to offer AAP for those who want it, but doesn't really care about being a "center" (which in this case would only have the effect of keeping some AAP kids from going to Jackson).

Back to the discussion about Franklin and Carson....[/quote]

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