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[quote=Anonymous]Even if over a period of years,

* the Oakton pyramid AAP kids decide to stay with their Oakton non-AAP counterparts (which I actually don't think will happen b/c they don't mix much at the ES center level) and

* the Madison pyramid AAP kids decide to stay with their Madison non-AAP peers (at TMS)...

you seem to think there aren't AAP kids IN THE FALLS CHURCH pyramid.  There are.  There are plenty of them.  They will still be going to Jackson's AAP center.

As it has been for the past four years, there are some Madison AAP kids who chose to leave Madison pyramid knowing that there will be only a small group of kids that go on with them to Madison from LJ.  Yet, they still choose it.

For a variety of reasons, some Oakton pyramid kids and some Madison pyramid kids will still choose Jackson.  They are used to seeing themselves as separate from the rest of the school (i.e .AAP is separate from the base school in ES).

Some AAP kids choose not to go to Hughes MS and instead, stay at Herndon MS to stay within the pyramid.  It's not because they see Hughes as inferior.  They simply don't want to start over socially in 9th grade.  Same is true on the other side of the county with Hayfield and Twain.  Some AAP kids from Hayfield pyramid ditch Twain AAP so they can get connected with the group they will be with for HS.

Those who are choosing Jackson (from what I have observed) choose it b/c they are happy with the quality of the AAP part of the school.... and they aren't concerned with whatever is happening in the base part of the school.  I think that will continue for a long time.

In a LL4 program like OES, AAP kids may be more socially connected with the non-AAP kids from OES -- which may motivate them to go to MS together.  In a center program like MWES, the AAP are not socially connected to the non-AAP kids at all (unless they live on the same street).  I don't think those AAP kids care where their non-AAP peers are going to MS.  They are socially connected within the AAP kids and they are more likely to stay together at LJ.   [/quote]

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