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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Putting a center at cooper would help with that problem.  It would take some time, but the center would grow and improve.

It seems to me that people want access to the amazing teachers and extracurricular activities at Longfellow without having to live within its neighborhood boundaries.  [/quote]

Hate to tell you, but for AAP, these people DO live in the boundary for Longfellow. It isn't like they are gaming the system.

That's one part of this argument that I do not get....people think that parents should just accept it because they don't live in the Longfellow base zone....ahhh, but according to FCPS, they do.

It is a boundary change for those affected AAP students. Plain and simple. Parents have a right to be frustrated because it is not what they were anticipating.

That being said, parents also need to realize that if FCPS wants to do something, they will. Also, that a new center is not a bad thing. Just requires a lot of effort from parents, teachers and administration to get it going.

Don't expect help (teachers, materials, equipment) from Longfellow.....because it likely won't happen.  Work constructively with the staff to get get programs going that mean a lot to you. Speak up, be heard, get involved.

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Agree these are assigned schools and no one is gaming the system, but at the end of the day FCPS is giving AAP students an option not available to other students, so expect parents to be at least as protective of the base boundaries as of the AAP assignments.

Longfellow and Kilmer will help if directed to help.  Otherwise they have their own schools to run.  The people at Gatehouse presumably are paid to coordinate the impact of boundary and program changes.  Make them earn their salaries. [/quote]

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