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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree.  It seemed clear that, if Haycock weren't also about to be renovated, both Janie Strauss and Kelly Shears would support additional grandfathering.   It's really a "perfect storm" of sorts, with the increasing AAP participation, the growth in Tysons and West Falls Church, and the upcoming Haycock renovation.  But I think people will look back in a year or so and be happy with the restoration of some balance between the AAP and GenEd populations at Haycock and the creation of a new AAP center at Lemon Road.   [/quote]

I think they'll look back in a year and see that removing 90 kids did not really help Haycock very much.  It will still be overcrowded and they'll start targeting the next group.  When will Fairfax County Public Schools actually start to PLAN rather than just reacting?  It was incredibly frustrating to watch that discussion.  They keep making the same mistakes over and over again!!  They spoke about how they want a balance of AAP and non-AAP, yet they create a new AAP center in a school of 300 kids.  It will be 50% AAP in no time and then the Lemon Road families will be upset.  The overcrowding discussions were unbelievable.  FCPS has no idea what it's doing.

Whatever happens at Haycock, happens and I don't think the board is willing to think creatively about how to come up with the best policy solution for that community.  What frustrates me is that they never actually solve any of the problems.  They react once the probelm becomes a "crisis."  I get it that much of the board is "new" but that's no excuse for the staff.  How is it that facilities has no idea how many trailers are at the various middle schools and how they are used?  How is it that projections are so wildly wrong and change by hundreds of students from year to year with no explanation?  It's outrageous to me.[/quote]

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