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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Churchill Road is far from a "shark tank" environment-no idea what that is supposed to refer to. The class sizes tend to be large, esp for AAP, as the AAP kids do slightly outnumber the GE kids, as there are identified kids from Kent Gardens that come over to the school-very few come from Spring Hill. The overall school culture is friendly, teachers are excellent, and the PTA is very involved (close to 90% participation). [/quote]

A few points to mention:

* Spring Hill is not an AAP center
* Spring Hill has huge student population
* Churchill Road is a center
* Churchill Road is projected to be underenrolled
* KG is starting a LLIV program next year which may decrease enrollment at CR.[/quote]

The underenrollment argument is a fallacy, just as Cooper/Langley projected underenrollments are a fallacy too. Churchill currently has about 850 students, and the 2nd/3rd graders have to be in a mod (glorified trailer attached to the main building). Spring Hill currently runs at about 945, so the differences are really not that great. Not sure what building situation is at SH.

I am glad to hear KG is starting a center to relieve congestion at Churchill. 1st grade was up to 28 students in a class last year, for example, with no aides. Overall, the McLean school class sizes will be negatively affected by next year's budget cuts due to the likes of certain school board members who are content to let class sizes be 14 in some parts of the county and closer to 30 in McLean/GF. [/quote]

KG will offer LLIV services (not center) less so to relieve congestion at Churchill, but moreso to allow all kids in the KG zone to have their needs met at KG.

If you talk to any principal who has 35 kids in their classes, they'll tell you that the actual student/teacher ratio is cut in half b/c an aide is provided.  So, you'll lose that battle with any administrator when you try to point that out along with trying to point out how the higher tax paying areas are made to suffer compared to the lower tax paying areas.

Again, the prognosticators were correct a few years ago when they predicted that after PW Cty starts enforcing the residency check with any traffic violation, that families will flee to FFX and Mont. Counties.

Strauss should evaluate McLean and consider rezoning some neighborhoods to spread the McLean kids around.[/quote]

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