Anonymous wrote:Will they add more seats at Cooper? I know they were already renovating and adding capacity. Can they add even more seats since they will most likely get the Spring Hill and Colvin run kids?

Anonymous wrote:I think the official decision is not until the summer, but there will something going on in the spring. You may want to get on the McSpaces listserv. I think it's highly likely both Springhill and Colvin Run islands will go to Langley. I don't recall the exact numbers, but it made the most sense.

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Anonymous wrote:AAP parents from the Langley pyramid had no problem overcrowding Longfellow for many years so if it means Cooper has to deal with some overcrowding for a few years they can suck it up.

I do believe AAP kids from the Langley pyramid sent their kids to Kilmer, not Longfellow, before Cooper became a center. At any rate, AAP is a farce and centers should be done away with.

Anonymous wrote:AAP parents from the Langley pyramid had no problem overcrowding Longfellow for many years so if it means Cooper has to deal with some overcrowding for a few years they can suck it up.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the affected families were upset because they wouldn’t be sent to Cooper for middle school. So a few kids from the rezoned schools would be sent to other middle schools that are not Langley feeders and then be sent to Langley. Not sure if school board cares about the feedback from affected families.

Those areas should not move to Langley unless they also go to Cooper. Otherwise they’d end up in the minority (about 30%) of Colvin Run and Spring Hill students going to Longfellow rather than Cooper and then in an even smaller minority of Longfellow students (about 10-15%) going to Langley rather than McLean. At this point, it’s less an issue of the School Board not caring and more a reflection of how little thought FCPS staff has put into coming up with sensible responses to the overcrowding.

I have been impressed with Elaine Tholen, however. I don’t think she’ll let staff just do whatever is easiest for Jeff Platenberg.

Yeah, the School Board has done this in the past - sent kids to one MS even though they’ll go to a different HS than the vast majority of their classmates. It’s a definite possibility.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the affected families were upset because they wouldn’t be sent to Cooper for middle school. So a few kids from the rezoned schools would be sent to other middle schools that are not Langley feeders and then be sent to Langley. Not sure if school board cares about the feedback from affected families.

Those areas should not move to Langley unless they also go to Cooper. Otherwise they’d end up in the minority (about 30%) of Colvin Run and Spring Hill students going to Longfellow rather than Cooper and then in an even smaller minority of Longfellow students (about 10-15%) going to Langley rather than McLean. At this point, it’s less an issue of the School Board not caring and more a reflection of how little thought FCPS staff has put into coming up with sensible responses to the overcrowding.

I have been impressed with Elaine Tholen, however. I don’t think she’ll let staff just do whatever is easiest for Jeff Platenberg.

Anonymous wrote:Have they provided an estimated number of students moved/affected for Scenarios B and C? Scenario A looks like it's just both B and C combined.

Anonymous wrote:I think the affected families were upset because they wouldn’t be sent to Cooper for middle school. So a few kids from the rezoned schools would be sent to other middle schools that are not Langley feeders and then be sent to Langley. Not sure if school board cares about the feedback from affected families.