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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know about Carson but I do know that GBW is very over crowded.  I can't see the AAP center there being closed down but what if parents of schools that have level IV AAP had to stay at their school.  Poplar Tree will have gr 3 level IV next year.  I bet if Colin Powell and Poplar Tree had to stay at their schools for their own Level IV it would make a big difference at GBW.  [/quote]

And this is what so many parents have been advocating - that students with LLIV already in their base school stay there instead of being bused to centers.  It makes perfect sense.[/quote]

I'm glad to hear this.  Then, why do so many who have the option to stay at their base school for LLIV still opt to go,to a center such as GBW?  I keep hearing that happens.  Should it even be an option when the service is available? [/quote]
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Because all in certain ethnic communities feel it is the Ctr or nothing....One has to be able to say that their child is in "GT"[/b].  GBW is so overcrowded that 
Kids have lunch at 1030 after starting school at 915 and some days they don' t get recess because of specials.[/quote]

This is NOT true, at least for me.  I'm not in a certain ethnic community and I am sending my child to the center next year.  I don't even discuss with anyone that my child is going to the center next year.  My child is going to the center because I believe my child be better served at the center.  At my school there are NO pullouts for K-2.  Our AART is only part-time.  Homework has been minimal.  So far I have not been impressed with my child's base school.  The center that my child will be going to will have many more after school activities that would interest my child.  Sure, these same programs could be implemented in the base school, but there would not be the number of other interested students.  Additionally, there is no way my school will have enough students to fill a LLIV class. So then who are the kids placed in them?  I also worried about my child always being known as being in "the smart class" and possibly being teased for that.  At a center there are several "smart  classes" so my child is not going to stand out.

In my opinion, I think Fairfax County should have "magnet" elementary schools that are only for kids in the Level IV program.  Local Level IV's should be eliminated.  I can't imagine the amount of pressure the principal is under to pupil place the other students to fill a full class.  [/quote]

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