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[quote=Anonymous]Similar situation in Robinson pyramid (kids go out of pyramid for ES and middle if they choose centers, then back for hs).

Many families opt to do ES at center and then transition back for MS (to avoid another transition).

I don’t think starting in HS is a massive deal though. At these massive schools, kids have not even met everyone by the end of middle school. A new high schooler may be in a class with non-new kids who don’t have friends in that class.

It would be a little tough but not a sucky experience transitioning back to base in 9th. But transitioning in 7th is also an option. My opinion is AAP in middle is not as big of a deal (since advanced math track is separate).

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have some concerns about choosing an AAP Center over staying at our base school.

If we switch to our Center school we would go to Bull Run ES.  If our kid decides to do Center MS, then we go to Rocky Run.  Rocky Run feeds to Chantilly, and it is my understanding that kid would NOT be able to go to Chantilly, and would have to switch back to our base High School.

Therefore he would lose all the friendships he made at Bull Run and Rocky Run leaving him to have a sucky HS experience. Is that correct? [/quote]

BTDT with our oldest.
There is a cohort of non-AAP students from Bull Run who go to Westfield as well as AAP kids who went to Rocky Run from middle school so it's likely your child will keep some friends throughout. Our youngest two did not do AAP and there were a lot of problems at the base MS that were unheard of at Rocky Run. It was like night and day. [/quote][/quote]

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