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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you be okay with getting rid of the immersion program at Kent Gardens?  Because I think that would get rid of your overcrowding.  If that’s not enough, get rid of local level IV and have kids who want to have a Level Iv program go to a center.

I am guessing OP wouldn’t be okay with either of these options or with changing boundaries.  But complaining on DCUM is a good idea, too, OP.[/quote]

All that is needed to reduce the overcrowding at KG is to reduce the number of kids in the immersion program who live outside KG’s base boundaries and to move part of Kent Gardens to nearby Franklin Sherman, which is under capacity. The former has already started to happen but it’s being phased in very slowly.

I sense you like the idea of stripping that pyramid further of any special programs, but it’s neither necessary nor appropriate. As for LLIV, KG already sends kids to the AAP center at Churchill Road. They don’t really have space for more without adding trailers there. [/quote]

There is no need for an immersion program that serves only one school.  Keep it and stay overcrowded or get rid of it and don’t be overcrowded.

I am tired of parents complaining but being unwilling to make changes that affect them.[/quote]

The immersion program will continue to serve students from many feeder schools, but the percentage of kids from our-of-boundary schools will be reduced, as it should be at least until other actions are taken such as a boundary change with Chesterbrook or Franklin Sherman.

In general, FCPS invests very little in the McLean pyramid compared to other pyramids in the county (McLean HS being another example) and treats it like a cash cow instead.  There are also very few special programs in the pyramid compared to other pyramids.  Parents like OP have every right to be frustrated.[/quote]

Maybe that's because your PTAs can raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and use those on specials/extracurriculars/etc., while parents in other pyramids can't afford to do that.[/quote]

You are just making those PTSA numbers up and, even if they were true, they wouldn’t justify the glaring disparities in capital spending within FCPS, which involves much larger amounts.  No PSTA is raising the type of money needed to add a wing to overcrowded McLean HS nor can any PTSA decide to change an overcrowded elementary school’s boundaries. [/quote]

Not making those numbers up.[/quote]

The numbers are fabricated and also irrelevant to a discussion about facilities. [/quote]

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