Anonymous wrote:

The latest draft CIP has Cooper slated for renovation beginning in FY 2017-18, with the bulk of the actual work in FY 2019-20.

2019 is still 6 years away, after Cooper will be way over capacity. Kilmer and Longfellow are already renovated, and have strong AAP programs.

As far as all McLean public schools having AAP... my older child (otherwise Cooper, now Langley) had a great experience at Kilmer, now has friends at 3 high schools (Langley, Madison, Marshall). It was great to have a short break from the social cutthroat McLean environment.

Longfellow just got renovated. Plenty of AAP kids there lived through the dangling lightbulbs and ceiling tiles.

The latest draft CIP has Cooper slated for renovation beginning in FY 2017-18, with the bulk of the actual work in FY 2019-20.

2019 is still 6 years away, after Cooper will be way over capacity. Kilmer and Longfellow are already renovated, and have strong AAP programs.

As far as all McLean public schools having AAP... my older child (otherwise Cooper, now Langley) had a great experience at Kilmer, now has friends at 3 high schools (Langley, Madison, Marshall). It was great to have a short break from the social cutthroat McLean environment.

Anonymous wrote:the Dashboard predictions are completely wrong. Transferring AAP students to Cooper will put them over greater capacity than Kilmer/Longfellow. Plus there is no scheduled renovation for Cooper. And no AAP teachers with more than a bare minimum FCPS teaching certificate (principal plans 2 gen ed/3 aap classes per teacher, so it's "legal")

so my DS gets to be in the growing pains, guinea pig group for the next two years. I think they should develop the program before a transfer. Guess life's not fair.

The latest draft CIP has Cooper slated for renovation beginning in FY 2017-18, with the bulk of the actual work in FY 2019-20.

Having a public middle school in McLean without AAP is inexcusable, IMO.

Anonymous wrote:the Dashboard predictions are completely wrong. Transferring AAP students to Cooper will put them over greater capacity than Kilmer/Longfellow. Plus there is no scheduled renovation for Cooper. And no AAP teachers with more than a bare minimum FCPS teaching certificate (principal plans 2 gen ed/3 aap classes per teacher, so it's "legal")

so my DS gets to be in the growing pains, guinea pig group for the next two years. I think they should develop the program before a transfer. Guess life's not fair.

Nope, if life were fair the students at both Longfellow and Cooper would have much less and we wouldn't need AAP programs because everyone would have comparable intellegences.

If Janie allows Cooper/Langley to grab either the "Westbriar island" assigned to Kilmer/Marshall, or the Shouse Village area of Vienna assigned to Longefellow/McLean, she will have another big fight on her hands. The boundaries for Cooper and Langley already cover a huge part of northern Fairfax County. If they end up smaller schools for a few years, so be it. FCPS had no problem letting Marshall hover around 1100 students for the better part of a decade.

the Dashboard predictions are completely wrong. Transferring AAP students to Cooper will put them over greater capacity than Kilmer/Longfellow. Plus there is no scheduled renovation for Cooper. And no AAP teachers with more than a bare minimum FCPS teaching certificate (principal plans 2 gen ed/3 aap classes per teacher, so it's "legal")

so my DS gets to be in the growing pains, guinea pig group for the next two years. I think they should develop the program before a transfer. Guess life's not fair.

Their numbers are apparently of questionable accuracy.

FCPS now has Cooper projected at a mere 63% of capacity in the fall of 2017 and Langley at only 84%. I have to confess that I hope FCPS finds some way to satisfy itself that the enrollment at Cooper is growing, whether through a new AAP center or otherwise.

If that doesn't happen, they'll start playing with the Kilmer/Marshall, Longfellow/McLean and Cooper/Langley boundaries relatively soon. Every time they've done that in the past, it worked out to Langley's advantage and to the disadvantage of other schools.

There is no rush. Janie just likes to get her own way. I have not heard that families are asaking for AAP at Cooper. There is no severe overcrowding to warrant this like the 3 elementary schools. There's no reason except that Janie wants it.

Anonymous wrote:that sucks. what's the rush? Kilmer and Longfellow are much better schools

Janie Strauss wants the AAP kids back under her roof so she can control the situation.

Write to your School Board members. Amendments are being accepted until 3 p.m. this afternoon.

that sucks. what's the rush? Kilmer and Longfellow are much better schools

Anonymous wrote:What's the latest on opening a Cooper AAP Center? Is Janie still pushing for 2013?

Yes

What's the latest on opening a Cooper AAP Center? Is Janie still pushing for 2013?