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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our base school, one year we had 8 kids, the next year a half dozen, then almost 30 kids, then back to around 10.

The 30 year was a fluke based on that weird testing a few years ago.

How do you run a local level IV with those kinds of numbers?

Also, if our center loses all the AA kids from the feeders they will lose almost 1/3 of the population of the school, which translates into losing 1/3 of the staffing budget.

They may want to get rid of the center kids now, but they will be singing a different tune when they lose 1/3 of their specials teachers, club sponsors, PE teachers, etc.

The things that make the center school desirable are a direct result of the extra 300-ish students who attend as part of the center.  They have more of a budget to do these cool things and offer these great programs BECAUSE of the 300 or so students they have that the other feeder schools do not.

I wonder if those at the center schools realize what they might lose by if they get their wishes and have the centers moved from their schools.

Be careful what you wish for...[/quote]

All of this may be true, but the calculation is butts in seats. It is clear that kids will be warehoused in trailers for decades and FCPS will not add permanent capacity.

Is the AAP center overcrowded? If so, can you identify feeder schools that will have critical mass for a Local Level IV? If so, those kids (and their parents and the staffing that comes with them) are gone.
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