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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind that the center schools will have a higher percentage because the kids come from several schools.  That's the nature of a center.  I'm not sure how the neighborhood parents can complain about that since they bought in boundary for a center.  That's what a center is.  I guess they probably thought their kids would qualify now they are upset that they don't.[/quote]

Do you really think people know the ratio of AAP to GE kids in a school before they even go there?  This whole are is transient. My family moved here from overseas.  We bought a house we could afford in what we thought was a good school. I never imagined I would need to drill down to the individual class ratios to determine if my kid would be an academic minority. Yes, we are very annoyed the center is now taking over the school and would love more Local Level IV programs. [/quote]

You can easily find out the ratio by looking on the school profile on the FCPS website.  It's actually not that hard.  The problem is that certain schools have boosters in sites like this who talk about how great the school is and everyone blindly follows their advice without thinking critically about it.[/quote]

Doesn't the website state the total percentage AAP?  You'd have to extrapolate the 3-6 grades. I don't even know that now!  I only know for my kid's grade.  I guess if one knew to look. Pick a school for your kid shouldn't necessitate that. The real problem is creating center schools that overwhelm the GE population. [/quote]

So perhaps the answer is a center only school or two, akin to the GT magnets in MoCo, but the school board is very opposed to that.[/quote]

Or to create enough centers that the percentage in AAP in each grade generally would not exceed 50%. This would be for each grade 3rd through 6th, not school wide. The schools where AAP enrollment is nearly half the school overall must have significantly more AAP classes than gen ed classes in 3rd through 6th.[/quote]

The problem is that at some schools, that would actually end up being just a LLIV center.  For example, last year at Haycock (before Cluster 2 left), 40% of the center was children from the base school.  It must be even higher this year now that there are only a few feeder schools.  So if you cut the  center in half (which is what it would take to even out the population), there is essentially room for no one else other than Haycock students (and maybe a small feeder like Timberlane).  Maybe that's ok, but it's not a center model.  It's essentially a LLIV model.  Also, the argument is that with a large center, you can have a very advanced math class.  With a smaller center, there aren't enough super advanced kids to do that.  (My child is not in the super advanced class, so before you attack, that's not my argument.  I'm just relaying it.)  I don't have a strong opinion on the best way to do it, but I suspect you'd get a lot of resistance to a bunch of tiny centers.[/quote]

A bunch of tiny centers is exactly what they've done in the Oakton Pyramid.  I think that is the direction they are headed.[/quote]

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