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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend has 2 kids at a center school (Sangster) but they are in the gen ed part and I don't think she has experienced what you (PP) seem to assume is universal.  She's been quite happy with it.

I have a child at a center school (AAP) --- I can't say for certain how the base parents feel, but I think they probably support having the center there b/c it brings parents who run a lot of the activities and create demand for the extras after school.  Also, the center seems to influence the teaching expectations/curriculum/programs for the non-center students.  If the center wasn't there, there would definitely be re-districting since the center is 50+% of the school.  Without the center, the school would be seriously under-capacity.  [/quote]

Parents of Gen Ed students are quite capable of running after school activities, and in fact, at our center, many of these activities are indeed run by them.  I'm not seeing the correlation between having a center and having extras for the school.  Our PTA is run almost entirely by parents of Gen Ed students.  AAP kids aren't the only ones who "create demand" for extracurricular activities.

Redistricting is exactly what needs to be done - students need to be sent back to their base schools and if some schools are left under capacity, all the better.  Enough with the crowded, huge, center schools.[/quote]

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