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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One school for all 150+ IQ kids? How would you pick a location.[/quote]

Next to TJ- they cold share busses. [/quote]

I don't know many 3rd grade parents who would want their children to commute an hour or more each way to go to the one designated center. There is a middle ground between eliminating all centers and having as many as we do now.[/quote]

Are you kidding?  It would provide even more bragging rights.  Parents would be clamoring to send their kids there.  It would be viewed as a,necessary stepping stone to TJ.  There would be no problem getting parents to send their kids there.[/quote]

Uh no. We live in the Western end of the county. DS has the ability to qualify for TJ (although it is admittedly a crap shoot) and I am actively discouraging him from applying, in part, because I don't want him to spend more than 2 hours a day busing (and in part because I think the OTT competitive environment is unhealthy).  Why in the world would a parent want that for an ES aged kid sign them up for that type of commute at the age of 8?  Especially when GBW+Navy+ Oak Hill AAP (or some similar combo) could easily fill 28-30 classrooms grades 3-6-- that is fill an entire school? Same with LA + Wolftrap + LLIVs at Vienna & Oakton ESs (or again, some similar combo). I'm sure it's the same in areas like Langley. 3-4 Centers &/or LLIV Centers could fill a complete 3-6 grade school. [/quote]

Well, I see it the same as some of the other programs the county does at one or possibly two sites.  I don't see why it would be differently organized. [/quote]

Exactly, it's a special accommodation that FCPS would be so generously providing for your child and now you want to complain that you don't want the commute.

Guess what? It's an option, not mandatory.  If it's so immensely important to your child's well being, you would not hesitate to make the commute work. If your wavering on whether the commute would be worth it, that means your kid would be fine at the base school.

Those of us with kids that truly NEED a specific therapy/intervention/enrichment, would drive wherever necessary to make it happen.  Especially if it were being provided *free* of cost by our school system.

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How will this one-school-center-near-TJ-for-the-top-0.002%-of-students-identified-as-Center-eligible be in place for open house 50 weeks from now? And how does it save $ for the 2016-17 budget?[/quote]

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