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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the frustration lies in that even though last year the school was declared closed to transfers, it was incorrectly assumed that policy would change with the creation of the new center. That policy never changed, but people expected it to.

Because LA grandfathered so many kids, they didn't really accomplish much immediate relief except the rising third graders from Stenwood, WestBriar and Freedom Hill. They did provide long tern relief as each class gets older and a new grade is started at the WestBriar center, but that effect takes time to appreciate.

I feel badly for those who assumed their children would be sent to LA if they were accepted as a 4th or 5th grader into AAP....but I am surprised no one posed that question during the application process, especially given all of the craziness surrounding the issue this year.

Appeal to the AAP office and to the principal for pupil placement? I think the chances of that succeeding really depends on how many students are affected and if they feel they can afford to extend that privilege to others in the same boat, with regards to space over the next few years.[/quote]

Exactly.  Why would people assume space would magically appear in that school building?  How many buses and for how many years do parents expect FCPS to schedule through the same neighborhoods?    This attendance area adjustment was not the first time children no longer had Louise Archer as an option.   Some one posted about Great Falls not trying to get into Louise Archer.   Some areas of Great Falls used to go to Westbriar [Louise Archer for AAP] and were changed to Colvin Run as the base school.  If they were AAP they went to Colvin Run 's center even past grade 3.

Everyone got a bus.  The problem is Louise Archer and Haycock AAP parents have been unreasonable about grandfathering.  If Colvin Run could open as a new center with more than grade 3 then FCPS could have done it again.     [/quote]

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