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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they are under capacity, why do they need to put students in mods?  And why don't they have plenty of room for the AAP facilities they will need.  (Anyone who thinks they are ready now is ignoring that they don't even have the right types of educational facilities available for AAP at present). [/quote]

Why would you expect Cooper to be AAP-ready today when there hasn't even a formal decision yet on opening an AAP center there in the fall?  FCPS shows Cooper as having (as of December 2012) fewer than 800 students, a program capacity of 950 students, and a design capacity of 1080 students.  I believe that modular space, unlike trailers, is taken into account in determining design capacity and that the lower program capacity reflects the current configuration of the available space.  FCPS also states that Cooper is currently 20 out of 26 middle schools in terms of "building utilization," whereas Kilmer and Longfellow are rated 2 and 6, respectively.  While I'm sympathetic to those who suggest FCPS may be exaggerating the expected decline in Cooper's enrollment over the next few years, I don't think anyone thinks the enrollments at Kilmer and Longfellow, which include more areas closer to Tysons, won't increase; the only question is by how much.   If people truly feel Cooper needs another year to get ready to house an AAP program, I can see waiting another year before it opens, but the idea of having a center there seems obvious.  Parents in Vienna seem receptive to opening a center next fall at Thoreau, so why not Cooper?  [/quote]

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