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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Responding to 22:12  -- that's why they keep the AAP center at LJMS and why they won't put a center at TMS (they want more TMS AAP kids to come over to LJ to keep the scores up -- masking the lower gen ed test scores).  It's similar to other schools where the gen ed population is largely ESOL/FARMS, but the center makes the whole school look at least middle of the pack.  If a school is middling when it has a center, then the non-center part (the gen ed part) must be less than "middle".  Twain is like this.  Lorton Station.  LJ.  Then there are schools that have a large ESOL/FARMS population with the center and the gen ed is doing quite well  i.e. Springfield Estates.

But, for the most part, how a school performs is going to be dictated by the type/quality of housing near the school.  People who are struggling live in lower cost housing and the kids are bringing their struggles to school.

Because LJ has the AAP center, it will not become another Lee or Annandale that spirals down into ashes.  It'll be more like Twain.[/quote]

I wouldn’t be so sure about that. LJ now has the lowest 7th grade enrollment of any middle school with an AAP center.  People will send their kids to Twain if the alternative is Key.  Substitute Thoreau for Key and you get a different result.  FCPS is gutting LJ. [/quote]

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