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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at it the other way.  Longfellow got somewhere around 30 students admitted from the general pool.  Some of these schools admitted zero students.  It seems there is a decent chance that the lowest ranked kid at these schools who were admitted would be ranked lower than students in the general pool.  The question is whether they would be ranked lower than the students who don't get in from Longfellow, Carson, Cooper, Frost, Rocky Run, etc.[/quote]

Longfellow would have had 10 seats set aside under the 1.5% formula, which means that 27 were admitted from the general pool.  It's possible that the 38th most qualified kid from Longfellow, who didn't get into TJ, was better qualified omthan kids who got into TJ from other middle schools based on the 1.5% - although FCPS would now likely take the position that any kids who were admitted were more qualified than any kids who weren't, because geographical diversity within the county is itself part of what makes a kid qualified to attend TJ.

Having said all that, for AAP kids, Longfellow remains a good value proposition, as it educates kids well, places a significant # of kids at TJ (with more kids admitted on a % basis than at other similar schools with a high-performing AAP cohort, and is a feeder to one of the county's best high schools for the kids who don't end up at TJ. [/quote]

Sounds like a great school provided the kids are happy and not all stressed out by crazy type-a parents.[/quote]

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