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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know where I can information about the proposal to move Oakton ES center from Sunrise to Mosby Woods?  TIA.[/quote]

Last Winter, there was a proposal to move around a bunch of AAP centers all over the county to better align them with high school pyramids.  The proposal that circulated at the time had Mosby Woods as a center for Mosby Woods, Oakton, and Waples Mill beginning in 2013-14.  I'm sure you can find that proposal on the FCPS website as well as FCAG.  That proposal did not pass.  After considerable parent pushback , the Board conceded to move more slowly.  For the 2013-14 school year, the only AAP centers that were affected were Louise Archer, Haycock, and Hunters Woods.  However, the Hunters Woods problem was only partially solved.  They created a new center at Navy for Navy and Crossfield kids.  But Waples Mill kids will still go to Hunters Woods in 2013-14.  Since the Mosby Woods change wasn't approved for the 2013-14 school year, there was no room for the Waples Mill kids at Mosby Woods.  However, Pat Hynes, School Board Rep for Hunters Woods area, was very upset that Waples Mill kids would continue to go to Hunters Woods.  Dr. Zuluaga, Assistant Superintendant for Cluster 8 (which includes the Oakton HS pyramid) promised that this problem would be resolved by moving Waples Mill kids from Hunters Woods to Mosby Woods the following year (2014-15).  Dr. Z wants all Oakton HS pyramid kids to attend an elementary center in the Oakton HS pyramid, so he wants centers at Navy and Mosby Woods only for Oakton HS pyramid kids.  There are no official documents you can reference for this, and it is all subject to Board approval next year, so nothing is definite.  However, this is the plan, and, even though Waples Mill families have been very vocal against it, nobody in the administration or on the Board seems to care.  Waples Mill families are very much against this plan and want to go to the new center at Navy.  It is not because of any issues with Mosby Woods as a center, but rather because of the long bus ride to Mosby Woods (including crossing 123 in rush hour) as well as the fact that Waples and Navy both feed to Franklin MS (or Rachel Carson MS, depending on how the MS AAP debate gets resolved).  The principal at Waples Mill has refused to consider a LLIV program, so Waples Mill families will have no choice if they want the AAP program.  Oakton ES is lucky to have the LLIV option.  If you want to hear this story officially, the person to talk to is Dr. Zuluaga.  His info is on the FCPS website.  [/quote]

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