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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the person who posted this:

[quote]So, I finally meet one of the crazies that want us out.

Our base school does not have level IV AAP. 
Our kids are not using your coveted SACC spot. 
And no, siblings cannot attend Haycock. It has been closed to transfers for several years. 
My kids are just as entitled to a "free and appropriate" education as yours are, so you really need to get over yourself.[/quote]

I am not crazy just because I want my kid to have a school that is not crowded.

So what if your local school doesn''t have a Level IV AAP, and you don't personally use SACC?  You're still taking up space at the school, that is not technically in your neighborhood.  I may have been wrong about the siblings thing, but the only reason it is closed to transfers is that it is ridiculous how overcrowded it is.

You are "entitled" to a free, quality education (or blessed enough to live in the US/Fairfax county where your taxes get you one) but it doesn't mean it's smart for FCPS to be having all these kids crowd one school because of the perceived "better" education that kids are getting their than at their neighborhood school.

One of the first grade teachers is using the former teachers lounge as a classroom.  There's no more space for a teachers' lounge at Haycock.  THAT's how crowded it is.

You're telling me that none of the Level IV AAP kids use or are on the waitlist for SACC?  That's just plain not true.

It's nothing personal, I just think it's a stupid system of AAP, and it didn't used to be that way when I was a kid in the GT program in FCPS.  That is all.[/quote]

Yes, my kids are taking up space...at a school that FCPS assigned them to. Our base school is also overcrowded. Are you more entitled to two empty chairs than the parents at their previous school?

If you were in FCPS GT as a kid, you would know that it actually was this way. I lived in Oakton. I was bussed to Louise Archer for elementary and all the way to Longfellow for middle school. Haycock has been a GT center for many, many years. I can't imagine you didn't know it was a center and that children assigned to other schools would be attending when you bought your house.

You say it's "nothing personal" but it really is. We have felt completely unwelcome for the past few years. I have come to terms that my husband and I will never be considered part of your school community, and I am totally fine with that. My kids are getting the education they need and they love their school. [/quote]

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