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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the one who wrote the long post.  To answer some of the questions that have come up:

1.  Yes, there really are only 22 kids in each of the 2 3rd grade AAP classes at HW.  I know, it's ridiculous (albeit my son benefits from it).  My older son, in 6th grade at HW, has never had fewer than 30 kids per class. The HW principal considered a combined 3/4 grade class, but in the end, she decided against it.  She said she could have gone up to 36 kids per class and have 1 class, but the numbers were such that she couldn't do that.  Because HW is technically a center, they cannot place Level 3 kids in the AAP classes as they can in a LLIV.

2.  Regarding choosing where to buy a house, geez, I didn't realize I would get so many snarky comments.  I LOVE Waples Mill ES.  But I also have two kids in AAP.  I hate that they take such a long bus ride to get to the center.  I also don't like that some of my kids attend different elementary schools than my others.  I would LOVE a local level 4 option, something available at Navy, Crossfield, Oakton, and Mosby Woods.  Given that many of the neighborhoods that feed into those schools are similar, I would likely factor in the AAP situation into my home buying  decision, all else being equal.  I'm not saying you should.  I recognize this may not be an issue for many people, but it is for me.

3.  Regarding sports, I agree.  Waples Mill families choose to participate either through Vienna, CYA, Fairfax City, or FPYC.  It does lessen the team aspect when all the kids on your team don't go to the same school.  This hasn't been a big issue for my family, but I could see it being important to others... just as the AAP situation is important to me but may not be to others.

4.  Regarding jumping all over the place for school, we can't compare the current situation (3rd grade and future) to past years where a cohort of 120+ students went from HW to Carson to Oakton.  That simply won't be the case from now on, especially if the school board revives the initiative to put an AAP center at Franklin... but that's a topic for a different thread.  [/quote]

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