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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should other students have to put up with overcrowded facilities simply because some parents worry that a new center may be inferior to an existing one?[/quote]

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This is the heart of the matter. Some people are always afraid of change. That doesn't make their fears well-founded, or right. Spoke to a friend of mine whose daughter was in the first class of AAP at Churchill Road. Parents were up in arms in the exact same way when that center started.  "It's new, unproven, untested." "You're sending our kids away from a great AAP to a smaller, hastily created one." "This principal/these teachers/this school doesn't support AAP and won't be ready in time."

Guess what? People love Churchill Road, and they loved it from the get-go. I know many are afraid of change. Your kids were afraid to eat new foods, try new sports, or learn a new skill, too. But being ruled by your fears is a terrible way to live. I hope the SB doesn't listen to these suspicious, fearful people and does what's best for the county as a whole.[/quote]

Oh please, save us the amateur psychologist routine.  Some people also resort to transparent tactics that try to trivialize rational, well-founded concerns when it's convenient to their point of view.  Some people also always naively trust a giant school bureaucracy with a history of slip-shod decisions.  This is not about being afraid of change.  It's about ensuring that the school system moves forward in a well-planned, well-supported manner -- this is what's best for ALL of FCPS, not just AAP students in one particular school.[/quote]

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