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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they were truly interested in community feedback, they would have realized long ago just how many families in this area feel AAP has gone off the rails.  If AAP hadn't exploded unnecessarily in the past years, there wouldn't be overcrowding issues at Kilmer and Longfellow to begin with.  And Cooper could remain AAP free.[/quote]

This has been discussed on the school committee for several years.  Plenty of time for the community to give its feedback. It isn't new.  It is the reason Cooper (and otehr MS) have LLIV AAP now.  It was a way to have it be voluntary first before it became mandatory.   [/quote]

There was a big drop in the number of Cooper 7th graders placing to Kilmer and Longfellow for AAP this fall.  The writing is on the wall.[/quote]

Not sure where you got that info-from Churchill Road alone, approximately 90% of the 6th graders from last year elected to go to Longfellow. Longfellow is one of the best middle schools in the state, so don't expect this switch to be well-received by everyone, esp from those parents wanting their kids to apply to TJ eventually (not me, but given the attitude of several Cooper parents over remaining AAP free I'd still pick Longfellow in a NY minute!)[/quote]

Oh boo, f-ing hoo!   It's a freaking middle school for goodness sake and anyone who thinks going to TJ is dependent on where their kid goes to middle school is sadly mistaken (and unlikely to have a kid smart enough to get into TJ anyway).  This is a PUBLIC school system and other kids at other middle schools have suffered long enough while McLean residents were coddled into accepting the need for another center.  With all the parental pushiness and insistence that your kids are "special" you brought this on yourselves.  Get over it and lets make some decisions that make sense for ALL middle school children.  [/quote]

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