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You're both throwing a lot of different arguments out there that may reflect your general feelings about AAP centers, but aren't really persuasive re the situation being discussed in this thread -- Longfellow -- and in particular the possibility of moving AAP students from Longfellow to Cooper.  First, no one said Cooper would lack a critical mass.  That might be a real concern elsewhere but not here.  Second, Cooper would become vastly overcrowded by moving all these kids over from Longfellow and Kilmer.  If anything, YOU are advocating that an outdated, dingy, vastly overcrowded Cooper is a small price to pay for your GE kid to stay in a beautifully renovated & under capacity Longfellow.  Third, as far as FCPS catering to AAP and being "the norm" -- I think that's the very argument being used by some Cooper GE parents to oppose the influx of AAP students into Cooper, so I'm not sure you're helping your case there.  [/quote]

The 11:03 post and some earlier posts suggest a concern that a stand-alone AAP program at Cooper might not have "critical mass."  I agree that's a red herring given the number of AAP kids in that area.  Second, FCPS identifies Cooper as being 327 students below capacity, with its enrollment projected to decline in the future.  How many AAP students does Cooper send to Longfellow and Kilmer and how would their attending Cooper leave it "vastly overcrowded" relative to other schools?  Third, while I don't agree that FCPS necessarily "caters" to AAP students, requiring GenEd students at schools like Kilmer and Longfellow to attend overcrowded schools so that AAP students from other areas can attend large AAP centers, could be viewed that way, at least where there are under-enrolled schools nearby that could also educate AAP students.

The issue will be most acute at Kilmer, not Longfellow, if FCPS's current projections hold water.  Longfellow will be the tail on this dog when things really heat up.   [/quote]

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