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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So Thoreau is projecting 1200 students next year. Was the rezoning of only Oakton HS kids in gen ed or also AAP?[/quote]

The OHS pyramid kids who previously (currently) went to Jackson were rezoned.  That includes all the gen ed kids at Mosby Woods, half of the gen ed kids at Oakton Elem., and a small portion of the gen ed kids at Marshall Road.  Any of the AAP kids in these schools can choose to go to Thoreau (where they have local level 4 AAP) instead of going to Jackson (which is the official AAP center for the Madison pyramid kids + and Oakton pyramid kids in the elem schools mentioned + the Falls Church pyramid kids).  For the Madison pyramid kids, it was always a "con" to go to Jackson b/c it takes them out of their pyramid for MS.  For the Oakton pyramid kids, this was not an issue b/c their non-AAP neighborhood peers were with them at Jackson.  Going forward (next fall), the Oakton pyramid AAP kids (from the schools mentioned), are now in the same boat as the Madison AAP kids have always been -- they will have to choose between being with their non-AAP neighborhood peers for middle school and take those connections into HS, OR they can go to the AAP center (out of step with their pyramid peers).  TBH, the AAP kids aren't really that connected with their non-AAP peers in some schools.  In other schools, it is a bigger deal to be separated for MS.

So, yes, the 300+ kids now coming to Thoreau are a combination of gen ed. kids and AAP kids.  The rising 7th graders (gen ed) are required to go to Thoreau in the fall.  The AAP kids have a choice.  The rising 8th graders were expected to all stay at Jackson, but word on the street is that some are choosing to switch to Thoreau.  Don't know how many.[/quote]

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