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Part of what caused the current imbalance at Lemon Road was the initially Westbriar, Stenwood and Freedom Hill, I believe, were slated to go to Lemon Road.  But Westbriar AAP-aspirational parents in particular fought to make Westbriar a center for two reasons.  1. Their kids wouldn't have to be bused to a less desirable neighborhood (they'll claim the distance was too far, but some of the buses from Stenwood and others feeders to Westbriar were taking close to an hour. )  And, 2. So Westbriar would jump to the head of the cue to get a fancy new addition.    It was really kind of sickening, actually.  Basically a bunch of haves, making sure they got what they wanted, while less activist parents at Lemon Road were stuck accepting it as good.  You can bet Westbriar has more than a critical mass of AAP students now.  Actually, Westbriar, like Wolftrap, would be better off being a self-contained LLIV, but then parents would get to brag about the center label.  I[/quote]

I'm not sure I agree with this.

Lemon Road is a neighborhood in Falls Church zoned for McLean HS that's more expensive than the Tysons Woods neighborhood where Westbriar is located.  Maybe you're referring to other neighborhoods that feed into Lemon Road on the other side of Pimmit Run or Route 7.  Also, if Stenwood kids weren't going to Westbriar before the center was opened, how would they have known it might take an hour.

As I recall, there were a lot of Westbriar parents who didn't want an AAP center at their school.  If they are "haves," they haven't always been treated kindly by FCPS in terms of school assignments.  Students in the "Westbriar Island" area    have to pass by Colvin Run on their way to Westbriar, and they're zoned for Marshall even though they're closer to Madison.

It seems to me the biggest issue is the one that's been previously flagged - opening new centers and adding LLIV to nearby schools at more or less the same time without much information to know who'd end up going to the center and who'd stay at the base school.   [/quote]

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