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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if they shut down the centers next year[/quote]

No gonna happen. It takes a lot of time and logistics to move 1/2 the grade 3-6 student body out and rezone to fill those seats. We're still months away from final decisions on Centers. [/quote]

LOL they'll pull the plug faster than you can say full day mondays![/quote]

Full day Monday's didn't move thousands of kids from school A to school B, and thousands more from schools B, C, and D to school A.   When 250 of the 850 kids in DCs center move back to their base schools, they would have to rezone 250 new kids in (the dashboard says the school is just at capacity).  That takes time, hearings, proposals, boundary studies, etc.  not to mention losing the AAP certified teachers from Centers to the base schools and hiring replacements. And, oh yeah, the FCPS school board can't can't seem to decide to take a bathroom break without 72 different consultants weighing in (transgender education consultants, anyone?) If they don't have a budget until May, how does that work?  And even if it did, do you want to find out in late August that your GE 5th grader is being moved away from her current school to a former center because the AAP 5th grader who was there moved back to the base school and there is excess capacity?  Talk about all he** breaking loose.  It may happen eventually-- with studies, and boundary meetings, a gradual changeover, starting in the AAP dense areas and grandfathering. But Centers are not going to just disappear by next fall. And I say this with no real dog in this fight-- my last DC graduates 6th this year and is planning to go to the excellent LLIV for middle. In fact-- huge numbers of kids leave our base for a TJ feeder elementary. Getting them back would probably help the GS rating/ property values. But it's still just not practical.  It's a logistical nightmare that saves relatively little $$$. AAP testing, AArTs, etc. would happen anyway and AAP busing (at about $600,000) has very little impact on the budget. [/quote]

I don't agree, they reason they had to move around resources is setting up a center and rezoning a single school. Base schools can handle the AAP center kids, it's a small percentage.[/quote]

You are correct -- in some parts of the county, the base schools can handle the capacity requirements of the AAP center kids, as there are so few going to the centers.  In other parts of the county this is not the case.[/quote]

I call shenanigans , if more than 10% move over aap is haram[/quote]

No idea what this means, but our base school is already over capacity-- and sends more than 30 kids a year to the center. In fact, grades 3-6, more kids in our neighborhood are base than center. They would not be able to leave our base school 180 over enrolled and the center 270 under enrolled, when the schools are only 2.5 miles apart. [/quote]

Same here.  If they got rid of our center, that school would drop 50% of its students (and therefore 50% of its teachers/staff would not be needed at that site).  While the base schools could probably squeeze in more kids -- perhaps with a trailer or two), there is no way the center school could continue at 50% capacity since it is in the process of renovation/expansion now.  The School Board could make a decision to send the AAP kids back -- but it would require re-districting to fill up the former center school.  And that would take time.

Plus, it isn't going to save much $$.  So clearly, this is not going to be the final solution to FCPS's budget woes.  I suspect there will be fees for extras like band/orchestra/sports/etc. and they will continue to increase class sizes.... tinkering here and there but not removing many programs.[/quote]

+1. There are a vocal few who really want AAP dropped in all places now, and insist this will solve the budget woes. But the only real $$ to be saved is To stop busing, unless we drop the AARTs (who don't serve LLIV kids anyway) and testing (which is state mandated) In reality, it's a huge hassle that will disrupt thousands of GE & AAP kids. and save very little. At our BTS night, a parent asked when we would know about Centers for next year, and the teacher flat out said that our current Center would not be disbanded and that MS Centers would be an option for rising 6th graders. No maybes or mights or we'll sees about it. Centers will stay put. So someone is telling the teachers that. [/quote]

LMAO, you really believe that? The teachers said the same thing about full day mondays. Teachers don't know anymore than you do, many FCPS decisions are made at Gatehouse way above even your school's principal's knowledge.

It would be like asking the army private about plans to cut missile defense. [/quote]

+1
Additionally, it's completely disingenuous for people (like the PP) to suggest that "a vocal few" insist that dropping (or severely scaling back, which is what most of us advocate) AAP will "solve the budget woes."  I don't know of anyone who feels cutting AAP back is going to solely solve the budget issue.  But it would certainly help!  There are some very naive people out there who apparently feel we shouldn't cut anything unless it's something huge that will wipe out the deficit entirely.  Many smaller cuts will obviously have to be made.  And frankly, $5.5 million isn't pocket change.

One last comment - it's hardly "a vocal few" who have had it with AAP.  A growing majority is more like it.  [/quote]

Elimination of asap centers is one of the top voted changes

https://fcps.uservoice.com/forums/302115-what-are-your-ideas-for-balancing-the-potential-1/filters/top[/quote]

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