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[quote=Anonymous]I have mixed thoughts about centers.  My eldest went to the center and received a great education, but due to the vagaries of the boundaries, they were in another pyramid through grade 8 and then had to switch back to their home pyramid for high school.  It’s rough on the kids to lose their peer group and friends.  It would be better if they were housed in their pyramid.  As to the social side, DC was a little ostracized in scouts which was based out their sending school.  Some kids called them a traitor.  They felt very “other.”  It lessened as they got older.  As a parent at the PTA at the center school, I felt like an outsider.  The middle school wasn’t helpful with student who were out of pyramid, they were overlooked at the transitions in and out.

My younger child did not test into AAP and was principal placed in LLIV.  He’s done really well but the local program wasn’t as robust since the principal wasn’t supportive of AAP. The pandemic played a role here too, it would be disingenuous not to acknowledge that.

If centers were to go away, there needs to be county wide standards for the local programs.  The schools decide the curriculum, it isn’t county driven.  For example Caesar's English was not used in LLIV at my younger child’s school.  The PBLs were better at the center. 
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