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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they were truly interested in community feedback, they would have realized long ago just how many families in this area feel AAP has gone off the rails.  If AAP hadn't exploded unnecessarily in the past years, there wouldn't be overcrowding issues at Kilmer and Longfellow to begin with.  And Cooper could remain AAP free.[/quote]

This has been discussed on the school committee for several years.  Plenty of time for the community to give its feedback. It isn't new.  It is the reason Cooper (and otehr MS) have LLIV AAP now.  It was a way to have it be voluntary first before it became mandatory.   [/quote]

There was a big drop in the number of Cooper 7th graders placing to Kilmer and Longfellow for AAP this fall.  The writing is on the wall.[/quote]

Not sure where you got that info-from Churchill Road alone, approximately 90% of the 6th graders from last year elected to go to Longfellow. Longfellow is one of the best middle schools in the state, so don't expect this switch to be well-received by everyone, esp from those parents wanting their kids to apply to TJ eventually (not me, but given the attitude of several Cooper parents over remaining AAP free I'd still pick Longfellow in a NY minute!)[/quote]

It's on the Dashboard -[b] 182 8th graders placed out of Cooper to Kilmer and Longfellow this year for AAP, but only 138th 7th graders.  The drop-off was more pronounced at Longfellow than Kilmer - 59 7th graders at Longfellow from Churchill Road and the parts of Spring Hill and Franklin Sherman[/b] zoned for Cooper.[/quote] this pretty much makes the argument that the overcrowding of Kilmer and Longfellow is not the result of the AAP kids![/quote]

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