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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Of course when you look at the iSIS data provided by FCPS staff, the kids that will get the most shortchanged with this new FCPS proposal will be those in the Mount Vernon, Annandale and Stuart pyramids.[/quote]

Since I'm pretty sure I don't understand the proposal, can you explain how they would be shortchanged?[/quote]

Look at the iSIS data in the AAP Enrollment by Center and Feeder School worksheet:
http://www.fcag.org/documents/level_iv_task_force_recs/aap_enr_by_ctr_fdr.pdf

Then use the totals by grade level to compare each grade level going to various high schools. As an example, look at the 6th grade total in the Mount Vernon pyramid and compare it to a 6th grade total in a higher SES pyramid -- say, West Potomac.

Mount Vernon (current assigned AAP Center - Sandburg MS):
Fort Belvoir: 3 
Mount Vernon Woods: 2
Riverside: 6
Washington Mill: 1
Woodlawn: 3
Woodley Hills: 1
Total 6th graders in Mount Vernon Pyramid: 16

West Potomac (current assigned AAP Center - Sandburg MS):
Belle View: 7
Bucknell: 2
Fort Hunt: 2
Groveton: 10
Hollin Meadows: 11
Hybla Valley: 5
Stratford Landing: 28
Waynewood: 12
Total 6th graders in West Potomac Pyramid: 77

So the Mount Vernon pyramid students would attend their base middle school (Whitman) instead of the currently assigned AAP Center middle school (Sandburg). The West Potomac pyramid students would attend their base middle school (Sandburg) and not be affected by a change in schools.

16 students going into 7th grade together is not a large enough critical mass  to offer AAP Center classes, never mind have the ability to have multiple AAP level classes per grade.  The West Potomac pyramid setup will have that option with a critical mass of 77 students, but not the Mount Vernon pyramid.

A similar situation exists for the Annandale pyramid (9 6th grade students - but this is further complicated that Poe MS starts in 6th grade) and Stuart (27 5th grade students). I also missed similar situations at Lee (26 6th grade students) and Hayfield (38 6th grade students).

What makes this more difficult is not having data by middle school. It would be easier to have it grouped by base middle school so it is easier to compare a group of 16 6th grade students at Whitman vs. a group of 77 6th grade students at Sandburg.
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