Anonymous wrote:I just think its strange that Colvin Run only has 1 other school feeding into it which is a LLIV AAP while Louise Archer has 7 and Sunrise Valley has 5.

But look at the size of the footprints -- very similar sizes. Compare light pink for Colvin Run vs. light yellow for Sunrise Valley vs. light green for Louise Archer on the map:

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/maps/aap2011-2012/elementary.pdf

It is odd but the addition of the GT center brought more students from Great Falls to Colvin Run making the boundary change more attractive to those leaving Great Falls and Forestville . Springhill isn't a GT center but has level 4 with 186 out of 378 [49%] in grades 3-6. Great Falls has 94 in level 4. I wonder how many students are being bussed from these attendance areas:
Great Falls attendance area to Colvin Run
Spring Hill attendance area to Churchill Rd
Forestville attendance area to Forest Edge

I just think its strange that Colvin Run only has 1 other school feeding into it which is a LLIV AAP while Louise Archer has 7 and Sunrise Valley has 5.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone find it strange that CR only has one AAP school other than themselves and that feeder school has a LL AAP? And yet CR has 2-3 AAP classes per grade with 30 kids each? Is it just a factor of its size that it has so many AAP kids?

I think it is related to geographic footprint.

Does anyone find it strange that CR only has one AAP school other than themselves and that feeder school has a LL AAP? And yet CR has 2-3 AAP classes per grade with 30 kids each? Is it just a factor of its size that it has so many AAP kids?

Thanks for quick response.

Also on a map:

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/maps/aap2011-2012/elementary.pdf

Anonymous wrote:Is it just Great Falls? Are feeder schools and their centers posted somewhere? I couldn't find anything on FCPS website?

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/designations.shtml

Is it just Great Falls? Are feeder schools and their centers posted somewhere? I couldn't find anything on FCPS website?