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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just confused about what happens to these kids who end up going to school in a better neighborhood for several years. They mostly just get sent back to their base unceremoniously? That's unfortunate. As far as I know, it is difficult to pupil place in a more competitive pyramid. [/quote]

[b]There is nothing "unceremonious" about it[/b], they go to their base school. All of the HS have advanced options in the form of honors classes and AP/IB classes. There is conversation about ending MS centers because all of the MS should have enough AAP students to have their own AAP classes at the MS. There is no need for a center.

You can pupil place for language or a specific program, AP vs IB, but then you are assigned to the school that is closest to you that has room for pupil placement. I kid from South Lakes that wants to pupil place for AP will go to Herndon High School. I kid from South Lakes that wants to pupil place for Russian would go to Langley. A kid from SLHS that wants AP and Japanese will go to Oakton. A kid from Herndon would pupil place at SLHS for IB or Japanese. Pupil placement is dependent on space at the school and taking classes in the specific subjects/program that you want to take. If a school is over crowded, it will not accept pupil placements. 
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What I meant is that it feels insensitive. For example, my child has half a class of peers right now who are from other, less-advantaged base schools (transferred to the center) and one day those kids will all be gone, whether back to their base h/s or somewhere else. They likely wouldn't get pupil placed in the h/s that my dc will go to because it's possibly overcrowded and is a semi competitive pyramid. I understand now that AAP is just for elementary and middle and thanks for the added info. Just lamenting this a bit. (I get it if you don't care, just move along then.) [/quote]

I don't see how it is insensitive. Parents choose to send their kids to the center in ES and MS knowing that their kid will return to their base HS. It is a choice that parents are making. Parents can choose to make different choices. If parents are concerned about the social ramifications of attending a different school, then the kids that they went to ES and MS, than parents can choose not to send their kids to the center.

We were at a language immersion program. Parents choose to send their kids to the school. The kids may or may not move to the same MS as the LI ES, if the parents want to keep the LI program going. They might end up at a different HS that happens to have that language with a different group of kids.

If you don't want kids to leave friends that they made in school, don't send them to Centers. [/quote]

That's very easy for you to say. These kids are receiving a unique opportunity and then have to say bye come 9th grade.

Anyway, if you don't see how that's a bit sad, then sorry, move along.[/quote]

The MS we are zoned for is a center and a significant portion of the AAP kids are zoned to a different HS. [b]It's sad for kids like mine to also say goodbye to your kid- nobody likes to talk about that side of it[/b]- but really a lot of this could be avoided by just keeping your kids at the school you are zoned for in the first place. This is why I strongly support the proposal to eliminate MS AAP centers. Then, everyone can attend together at their respective base MS and continue on to whatever base HS. 
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It's funny. There might be some defensiveness about it, I'm not sure why. Maybe just dcum angry people. I agree with you and I am already thinking about that because I'm at the school regularly and I see all these kids and it's sad to think they'll go separate ways after middle school, after years of forming friendships.

But re: just staying at the base school, I see how that would make sense but I have also talked with students who very much appreciated being able to go to the center. One student told me the difference between the base and the center was like night and day in terms of resources. In this case, the student ultimately went to TJ but otherwise would have gone back to a school that would not have been amazing.[/quote]

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