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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cooper's building capacity is 1080, not 894.  That is stated in the CIP at page 38.  If it is currently configured for fewer students, that's a function of its under-enrollment and can be addressed.  The enrollment at Cooper is down 100 students over the past five years to roughly 750 students and projected to continue to decline over the next few years.  There is no perfect solution here, but FCPS needs to make better use of its resources and the existing space at Cooper.  Ceasing to bus AAP kids from Great Falls to Tysons clearly should be one part of the equation. [/quote]

Clearly the answer is either greatly reducing AAP or eliminating it altogether.  It is AAP that has caused these population discrepancies and busing issues.  [/quote]

What's clear is that you're contorting super hard to find a reason to justify the solution you want. Transportation and logistical issues don't justify or require changes in core educational programs.  Separate issues.[/quote]

Of course they do.  You are the one spinning just as hard as you can to try and justify the existence of AAP, the additional busing it requires, and the additional teacher training.  AAP is in no way essential, or in [b]any[/b] way a "core educational program," as much as you like to pretend it is.  AAP is simply an extra, not a gifted program, not a "special education" program, and absolutely not something that FCPS should continue paying for out of its current limited resources.    [/quote]

I don't need to justify the existence of AAP, you're the one trying to upend the existing system.  Too bad prevailing educational wisdom and policy as well as the long-standing FCPS structure is stacked against your [b]self-interested[/b], misinformed opinions.  Time to get over it and focus on maximizing your own child's education without constantly blaming your troubles on AAP.[/quote]

"Self-interested" perfectly describes the many parents who have insisted their child be placed in AAP, regardless of child's actual ability.  That's why the program has become the bloated monster it currently is.  Hopefully FCPS will wise up and do something about that so taxpayers don't continue paying for this wasteful, divisive extra.  [/quote]

Out of the dozens if not hundreds of AAP children I know, I can only think of one that was only admitted after multiple years of trying & multiple appeals.  Vast majority were admitted on the first round based on their test scores & teacher recs, no drama & no parent "insisting" their child into the program. I do know some people who were disappointed when their child wasn't admitted even after appeal.  But I guess you will see this however it makes you feel better.[/quote]

My goodness, you are one person and yet you know "hundreds" of AAP children?  And exactly how each and every one of them was admitted to AAP?   :roll:[/quote]

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