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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The split exists at so many schools. Why is one school prioritized over others? They told us it was because having less  than  25% split was a problem. Wolftrap had 60:40. Marshall road splits between Oakton and Madison, Thoreau is a 3 way split with 5%going to Marshall. What is wrong with these people in charge. Leave the original boundaries and switch only where the a need for relief. This is not a comprehensive boundary review as it is only catering to the vocal people. [/quote]

Kilmer is the most overcrowded MS in the county and you ignored this.

The Scenario 4 proposal to move the rest of Wolftrap to Madison and all to Thoreau wasn’t born of some desire to cater to Wolftrap families. It started with the need to bring down the enrollment at Kilmer with the elimination of the split feeder and making use of the hundreds of extra seats at Madison following its expansion a bonus. [/quote]

No one ignored this. The county can not support true pyramids as the size and number of schools will not support it. Sending Madison students to Thoreau would have been enough to help Kilmer.  Then there was also the relief to Kilmer from the Longfellow middle school switch that was an option. The need to have people in the same middle school and high school has left schools over 100% and others in the 80’s. [/quote]

Kilmer will have even more relief next year with adding AAP to Thoreau.  [/quote]
The AAP change is not happening next year. It might not happen until the next 5year review. First Reid has to present a plan, then the school board has to vote on it, and then they need to figure out how to phase it in through staffing and potential boundary adjustments. [/quote]

This is NOT complicated since there is a comprehensive boundary review in progress.  AAP boundaries change and the process targets the potential number of transfers out /back in from a base school.  If its an expanded POS-program of studies - for all AAP at the base middle school, it's scheduling, staff licensed to teach a course etc.  This is not launching a space shuttle.  Our kids went to 2 new ones.

Cooper process outline that could be used for Stone, Liberty, Thoreau.   https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/943T7Z75C1EB/$file/AAP%20Level%20IV%20Center%20Proposal%20for%20Cooper%20MS.pdf[/quote]
Cool, but they haven’t even voted to proceed with AAP at every middle school, so they can’t implement it yet. When I asked my school board rep, they said it would be years down the line. My impression is that they’ll wait until the next comprehensive review to implement it. [/quote]

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