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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope, WestPo is still letting out of bound students in.  I know of at least 5 rising freshman this year who live within Mt Vernon but are going to WestPo.  Two coming from the Catholic elementary schools and 3 who were in the AAP program.  I'm sure there are others I don't know about.  One parent told me she didn't want her DD at Hayfield because it was out of her way to drive her to school so she insisted she had to be placed at WestPo.  [/quote]

Are you and the other MVHS PP aware that the principals HAVE TO accept curriculum transfer requests?  If someone is zoned for MVHS (which is an IB school), they have an absolute right to opt out of the IB program school and into an AP school (i.e. West Po).  I don't think you should be getting upset that people are allowed into West Po or allowed out of MVHS when it is simply the way the rules work.  If you want to stop the practice, get a bunch of MVHS parents together and start pestering your school board reps to change MVHS into AP.  That will stop the transfers immediately.  The only remaining reasons for transfers will be the academy programs offered at West Po... so there may be an increase in the number of kids from MVHS who suddenly find a love of dance![/quote]

I'm not upset that people want out of Mt. Vernon.   I say "good riddance."   I'm  upset that WestPo is overcrowded and has advertised that they are closed, but they still let students in when our next closest AP school, Hayfield, is also under enrolled.  And the school board wants to spend $$ to expand WestPo.    The students I know that are going to WestPo ARE NOT going for the academy.   [/quote]

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