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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cooper is not scheduled for a renovation for years, and yet they want to turn it into a Level IV center overnight over the next year or two and dump about 200-300 kids there. Hope your kids enjoy trailers![/quote]

If it happens over a few years, that won't be overnight, will it?  You sound like a particularly miserable troll. [/quote]

[google]You sound more unpleasant than the PP you were calling a name.  The truth is Cooper is not even scheduled for a renovation.  [/quote]

The tone of the prior post was ridiculous.  If Cooper gets AAP phased in over a couple of years, it won't be turned into an AAP center overnight.  No one will get "dumped" there and the reference to trailers is ironic, since there have certainly been trailers at Kilmer and Longfellow.  And Cooper is definitely identified for a renovation in the latest Capital Improvement Plan.

[b]So either someone is just whining again about their AAP kid getting moved out of Kilmer or Longfellow or just looking for an excuse to bash FCPS. [/b] [/quote][/google]
And you sound like a school administrator or Jane Strauss trying to argue for local level IV and all of its dubious merits-not a current Churchill parent. Sorry, but a lot of us aren't drinking the Kool Aid that Cooper is going to become the next Longfellow or Kilmer in the next year-it will take years to rise to the same caliber. Also, no renovation is planned for at least 5-6 years. Stick to facts and not urban myths.[/quote]

I think you're making a straw-man argument.  I haven't seen anyone argue that Cooper will have an AAP program identical to Longfellow or Cooper within a year.  On the other hand, it could start off with LLIV and become a full-fledged center within a couple of years.  As that happens, all three schools will evolve.   The AAP program at Cooper would increase in size and the programs at the other schools would get smaller.

As for Cooper's renovation, it is specifically referenced in the CIP, even if other schools are going to be renovated first.  The more important point, however, is that Cooper's enrollment has clearly been dropping in recent years and it is now well under its current capacity.  You keep implying at AAP kids can't possibly be expected to attend Cooper until it has been renovated, but you apparently have no problem having GenEd kids at Kilmer and Longfellow relegated to trailers.  If you have evidence that the projections for Cooper's future enrollment are flawed, you should share them with others here, and with FCPS.  Otherwise, you simply come across as arrogant and demanding. [/quote]

The "reference" to a potential Cooper renovation in the CIP, is just that -- a reference that it's needed.  It's listed among renovations to be under construction "OR IN PLANNING" by FY2019. http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/cip/cip2015-2019pres.pdf   Funds have not even been allocated, a step that usually happens years before an actual renovation.  http://www.fcps.edu/schlbd/docs/sb%20follow%20up%20responses/fy%202014/SBfollow-up14-19.pdf

No one is saying AAP kids can't go to Cooper until it's renovated nor would it only be GE kids at LMS or KMS in trailers, that doesn't make sense -- stop trying to make this AAP vs GE.  It's in all students' interests for Cooper to build capacity before a lot of additional kids come to the school.  Moreover, there is a 10 room mod at Cooper now & last I heard Longfellow either had no trailers or maybe were just getting 1-2.  [/quote]

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