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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one has suggested there aren't AAP kids in the Falls Church HS pyramid.

Of course there are some, but FCPS typically has acted to ensure there are critical masses of kids at AAP programs.  That's why the AAP center at Twain also pulls from Key and Hayfield, the AAP center at Glasgow also pulls from Holmes and Poe, etc.

You seem to be in denial about the changes that FCPS effected at Jackson and Thoreau.  Thoreau just received a major renovation.  Its LLIV program is thriving and stands to grow with the addition of students from OES, MWES, and MRES.  Conversely, with these changes, one thing we know for sure is that both the GenEd population and Jackson overall will have higher concentration of poverty.  The OES and MRES AAP kids are likely to switch over to Thoreau because those schools are already split feeders to Oakton and Madison, and Thoreau primarily feeds to Madison.  And, even though MWES feeds only to Oakton, those parents have heard others in their community argue Thoreau makes far more sense for their kids than Jackson because of its Vienna location, "time to stop the gerrymandering," and so on.

This will not happen overnight.  But it will happen with a few years.  Jackson will end up majority FARMS, and with a smaller AAP program that sends relatively few kids to TJ.  Thoreau will be an AAP center in all but name and, quite possibly, overcrowded.  All because the School Board representatives with ties to that area - particularly Palchik, Hynes and Keys-Gamarra - put the interests of Oakton and AAP families above those of Falls Church and GenEd families.  If that prospect makes you unhappy, you need to replace them, not pretend that little will change.  Because we have already seen that movie in FCPS, and that is NOT how it works out. [/quote]

Cry me a river. The schools should be based on proximity! Gerrymandering was and is, sadly, too real! Surprisingly the “liberals“ are all for it in this area when it comes es to school boundaries. Get over it![/quote]

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