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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is not need to "get mad".  You clearly have a child in an AAP center that gets bussed and you don't want that to change.  That's a pretty normal thought process but the school system has to think of all kids, not just yours.

What you want is not want is best for the entire school system, period.  While AAP centers and bussing have been great perks, when there needs to be a budget realignment perks get put on the chopping block.[/quote]

You are missing PP's point. Perhaps, to you, busing is a 'perk,' [b]but for many families it is the only way that their kids can obtain the services that they need.[/b] There are some kids, the top 5% maybe, who really need these services. The people hurt by these cuts are those who can't afford to drive their kids around. So now you're basically just saying that Centers themselves are a 'perk,' or that they're a 'perk' that should only be supplied to wealthy families in FCPS.

I agree with others who say the AAP is bloated, but that's all the more reason to protect the Centers, IMHO. The kids who need AAP really need it. It shouldn't be a program for kinda smart kids with pushy parents. Stop over-identifying the # of kids for this program, and shrink it overall... but don't throw out the whole program. Centers are the basis of the program. Don't make hasty cuts that have long-reaching consequences.[/quote]

Again,  I'm willing to believe this for students in some of the less affluent neighborhoods in FCPS.  Otherwise, LLIV is enough to fill the needs of most kids in FCPS.  And I say that as a parent who had a kid in a center, but would have kept him in his base school if all the other super smart kids hadn't been siphoned off to be bused to a school across town.  The center model was for a much smaller and less busy county during a simpler time.  When most of the folks moving here move to VA with intentions of "getting their kids into AAP"  you know the programs time has passed.  [/quote]

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