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Thank you to the person who responded above. This is not about "entitled parents" and tossing that kind of thing around just lets the discussion sink into the name-calling that is far too common on DCUM AAP discussions.

LA is our school. It's been a great AAP program for us but the school is physically far, far too full. There is no art room; the old art room is a classroom and looks like it will be forever. Someone posted earlier about how there is a trailer sitting right on the blacktop, crowding the playground. Classes are full to bursting. This is an issue of sheer physical facilities -- LA cannot handle more kids, AAP or not.[/quote]

I don't think anyone would disagree that the school is crowded.  What's odd is that they are allowing 3rd graders to enter the Center and not 4th, 5th, or 6th graders, even though it is their assigned Center.  And that this was not discussed during the grandfathering discussions last winter.   It would be helpful to know how many kids this involves.  If it's a handful of kids I can't imagine that will make a huge difference to LA's numbers, as there are likely to be a similar number of 4th, 5th, or 6th graders from the Center who move away or decide to return to their base schools.  [/quote]

A "handful of kids" here and another handful there, and soon the crowding is excessive. Again. I understand the frustration with the lack of transportation, and with feeling blindsided by decisions that don't seem to have been made sufficiently public, but the "handful of kids won't matter" thinking is what ends up making programs overcrowded. "Just make an exception for my kid, or these couple of kids, what does a few kids more matter".....It adds up quickly. Everyone will want their own kids to be part of the excepted "handful."

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