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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ admissions this year:  http://www.fcag.org/documents/TJHSST%20All%20Middle%20Schools%20Class%20of%202022.pdf[/quote]

Those were the admissions in the spring of 2018 for the Class of 2022.  Not the admissions this spring.  And Franklin is almost 10% under capacity.

Seems there are some people really anxious to maintain the Carson AAP mega-center at all costs, and are willing to sacrifice accuracy to do so.  [/quote]

First—  FCAG compiles and released the numbers, so this is the most recent that has been released by FCPS. I assumed by now it would be 2023.  My bad. But the numbers are consistent year over year.

Second.  This has been explained to Carson/ Franklin AAP parents.  Franklin had about 900 kids. 10% under enrollment is has capacity for 90.  120% over is has capacity for 270.

Carson has 1000 kids in LLIV alone. Half are Franklin based. That’s 500 kids.  Even pushing the boundaries on size, Franklin can only take back half their kids without going more than 120%.  So no, Franklin can’t take back their AAP kids. Because there isn’t a mechanism to just take back some. Plus, it leaves Carson very under-enrolled.

They have the Franklin based AAP kids where they have room for them. They made Franklin an AAP center for the purpose of enticing enough kids back to Franklin without taking all the kids back, with nowhere to put them.

And I have no vested interest in this.  My kids are in HS.   But if I did, I would say the same thing. The Oakton and Chantilly based Carson kids go to TJ in large numbers now, and they would go in large numbers from Franklin, with by all accounts a great school.   And Franklin would be better for the kids because it’s a cleaner feeder pattern, and they go to school with more of their Oakton and Chantilly peers.  The first year Franklin dealt with mass TJ applications would be messy getting recommendations and transcripts done. After that it would be fine. [/quote]

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