So the cluster 2 kids were sacrificed so that cluster 1 could get everything it wanted.

Anonymous wrote:So they didn't reverse the LA decision to send to another center for newly eligible 4th-6th graders like they did at Haycock? How on earth did the Haycock parents pull that off when the can't after all of the whining about overcrowding at Haycock this year? Maybe the LA parents need to take a course in aggressive lobbying from the Haycock parents.

The numbers exiting Haycock with the realignment by pyramid are substantially greater than the number of 4-6th students at the three schools who were recently determined to be AAp eligible. I can understand why some people now being turned away from LA are unhappy but the small amount of flexibility at Haycock is a result of the tough decisions made earlier in the year.

They did not reverse the LA decision as they did at Haycock, but they did eventually provide transportation to Colvin Run. I think LA is crowded because they -did- grandfather the rising third, fourth and fifth graders....

So they didn't reverse the LA decision to send to another center for newly eligible 4th-6th graders like they did at Haycock? How on earth did the Haycock parents pull that off when the can't after all of the whining about overcrowding at Haycock this year? Maybe the LA parents need to take a course in aggressive lobbying from the Haycock parents.

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to LA to see how crowded it is? It is not like they can just enlarge the school. Well they can, but no one wants to pay the taxes. Louise Archer has art in the hallways. There is no art room. The conference room was converted to a class room. The only non-classrooms left are the Library, the lunch room, the gym, and the small front office.

And it might get worse, as the local government (town of vienna) does not want the trailers: they want to know the counties plan to eliminate the trailers before allowing them to continue past 2014.

Yes, the school cn probably fit one or two more kids, of course. But, 30 kids in one grade, and the school will burst.

Totally accurate. It's a crying shame that the two excellent art teachers have one narrow closet (yes, literally a closet) for ALL their materials and otherwise must operate in hallway space and trek around to each classroom with carts. It limits what they and the kids can do and I know (I have an LA student) that the kids who like art know perfectly well that they'd get more kinds of art to do if they had a real art classroom. But art's just one of the casualties of the overcrowding. The worst thing is that the town of Vienna's government couldn't care less about the fact that Archer needs more space. We live in the town but the town doesn't give a darn about the realities of the crowding at Archer (the town has a say because fights hard against any on the LA site). If anyone is mad about their kid not being in Archer AAP next year, fuss at the town as well as at FCPS.

Have you been to LA to see how crowded it is? It is not like they can just enlarge the school. Well they can, but no one wants to pay the taxes. Louise Archer has art in the hallways. There is no art room. The conference room was converted to a class room. The only non-classrooms left are the Library, the lunch room, the gym, and the small front office.

And it might get worse, as the local government (town of vienna) does not want the trailers: they want to know the counties plan to eliminate the trailers before allowing them to continue past 2014.

Yes, the school cn probably fit one or two more kids, of course. But, 30 kids in one grade, and the school will burst.

Anonymous wrote:So kick out 150 due to severe overcrowding, but let more in??? Pupil place only a select few and not others??? Who is in charge of all these decisions at all the schools???

It's beyond ridiculous!

I wonder if the kids left out of Louise Archer can pupil place at another Vienna LLIV school feeding into Thoreau or Kilmer. I would prefer that for my child rather than trekking them up to Colvin Run especially if they were in 5th or 6th grade and moving on soon to middle school.

So kick out 150 due to severe overcrowding, but let more in??? Pupil place only a select few and not others??? Who is in charge of all these decisions at all the schools???

This was sent out by the Haycock Principal this morning.

"FCPS has reversed the decision to close our center in 4th through 6th grade for Chesterbrook, Franklin Sherman and Timberlane families. The initial decision was for those students to attend Churchill Road with no transportation. This means any newly found eligible student in those grades have an option to attend Haycock center or to stay at their local level IV program. These students will be provided transportation."

Clarification....newly identified AAP students.....

Can anyone confirm or deny if Haycock remained closed to AAP students in 4, 5 and 6? If they are still closed, and those children need to go the Churchill Road, will they be given transportation?

This problem, transportation at least, is resolved.

http://thetysonscorner.com/fcps-inequality-services-and-transportation-lagging-2/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will this problem go away next year?

You mean so that next year (SY2014/15) a family could have a child in 1st grade at Vienna ES., transported by bus, an AAP third grader center-placed at LA (transported by bus), and an AAP 5th grader center-placed at Colvin Run, with no transportation by bus.

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Or will those sent to Colvin Run with no transportation be able to come back to LA in a year?
The way I understand it, until all the grandfathered kids work their way out of LA, this is how it will be.


And that whole thing totally screws with Jim Kacur's stated desire to do away with split feeders for middle school... Do Colvin Run kids go to Thoreau?

No, they don't.


The whole situation is screwy.

Anonymous wrote:Will this problem go away next year?

You mean so that next year (SY2014/15) a family could have a child in 1st grade at Vienna ES., transported by bus, an AAP third grader center-placed at LA (transported by bus), and an AAP 5th grader center-placed at Colvin Run, with no transportation by bus.

Or will those sent to Colvin Run with no transportation be able to come back to LA in a year?

And that whole thing totally screws with Jim Kacur's stated desire to do away with split feeders for middle school... Do Colvin Run kids go to Thoreau?