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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are people even arguing about? AAP transportation is $1 million. Want to do away with it? Fine. That's $1 million out of the $75 million FCPS says it needs. AAP level 4 does not cost any more except testing which I'm told would happen anyway. A Center designation does not cost more money. Level 2 and 3 are the services that costs more money. Is this what people are arguing goes away? Getting rid of the AART teachers who teach Young Scholars, level 2 and level 3 advanced academics?[/quote]

Creating local level 4s will cost money -- they will have to interview and hire AAP teachers at all the ESs, install trailers, deal with picking kids to fill out classes who aren't AAP-qualified, etc.  Don't think it's just a quick reduction of $1m to get rid of bussing.

Oh -- I forgot about the costs of rezoning.  B/c my kids' AAP center school is over 50% AAP.  Get rid of busing and put a phony local level 4 in each feeder school and you will definitely have to rezone the former-center school.  There are costs associated with that as well.  The budget committee was given a list of items with a direct-cost listed.  Indirect costs were not listed... and I believe the indirect costs of eliminating busing and adding local level 4 everywhere are substantial.

The costs will be a lot less if they redefine what "level 4" is.  If they decide that level 4 is just pull outs or even grouping kids for math/reading, it will be cheaper than what I've described above... but it will also be a very watered down program.  There is good reason to be concerned... not panicked, but concerned.  For those of us who know and love our kids' center, there could be drastic changes... and what we know may not exist next year... but right now, it's all very vague.  [/quote]

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