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Anonymous wrote:Oh you die hard limousine liberals are so holier than thou!

I am not for a tax break or saying the neediest schools should go without-simply that Cluster 1 deserves their fair share of lower class sizes and resources too! I am all for a meals tax to raise revenues, but I do pay my fair share of property taxes and my kids schools shouldn't always get the short end of the stick just because my school board representative thinks I am "wealthy" and can afford to supplement everything the schools lack. So there!

AMEN. I agree completely.

Thanks!!! I am glad there are still some realistic and sensible people out there!!

The defeats of Chronis, Kurzenhauser and Parisot last night tell us that the Republican effort to portray the richest in the county as victims did not work. Time now for Janie to move to require the AAP students in the Langley pyramid to attend Cooper, starting next fall.

If you think the "richest" in the county paying taxes that benefit everyone BUT their own kids is fair, then you have a serious screw loose. I'm all for my taxes helping ALL kids in FCPS. And that includes my own children and the schools they attend. If anything, you seem to enjoy the victim mentality.

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Anonymous wrote:And, of course, to stay on topic, it's the same sense of entitlement that leads some Langley pyramid parents to imply their AAP kids shouldn't have to attend Cooper, their under-enrolled base school, until it has been fully renovated. It doesn't seem to matter to them that Kilmer has been overcrowded for years or that Longfellow students attend school in trailers. They want to pay less in taxes, but still have a local public with state-of-the-art facilities.

PP - Langley pyramid AAP students are attending Longfellow, in the trailers. It's not actually any students' fault that when they redid Longfellow they did not make it big enough. The issue with not wanting to attend Cooper for AAP is that Cooper doesn't have AAP. And as of a couple of years ago, had no teachers who seemed interested in teaching at the AAP level, sponsoring academic activities, or being involved and engaged in the academic life of students. Lots of metrics support this -- TJ admissions (which are highly dependent on teachers' willingness to submit recommendations); nonparticipation in various academic clubs/pursuits (for example the TJ IMO); etc. Cooper is likely getting better because the word got out that they had to improve and hopefully they will be ready next year. But as of 2 years ago, Cooper was not ready to teach AAP, in trailers or anywhere.

What kind of hideous snob are you? Are schools that offer AAP the only ones good enough for your snowflake? I've had three kids go through Cooper and each has had a fantastic education and been well-prepared for the rigors of Langley. Their teachers were quite "involved and engaged in the academic life" of their students. Have you even had a child attend Cooper? You clearly haven't or else you would know this.

I would be very, very happy to have Cooper remain free of parents such as yourself. Cooper has been a fine school all this time, without any AAP nonsense whatsoever. In fact, I'd say it's been a far healthier environment for kids than the typical AAP factory you see in other schools (Longfellow, Kilmer, Churchill, Colvin Run, Haycock, etc.). Too bad it's no longer going to remain that way, thanks to moronic parents like you.

Thanks for dumping them on us at Longfellow.

With parents like the ones on this thread, I can hardly blame them.

Truth.

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Anonymous wrote:And, of course, to stay on topic, it's the same sense of entitlement that leads some Langley pyramid parents to imply their AAP kids shouldn't have to attend Cooper, their under-enrolled base school, until it has been fully renovated. It doesn't seem to matter to them that Kilmer has been overcrowded for years or that Longfellow students attend school in trailers. They want to pay less in taxes, but still have a local public with state-of-the-art facilities.

PP - Langley pyramid AAP students are attending Longfellow, in the trailers. It's not actually any students' fault that when they redid Longfellow they did not make it big enough. The issue with not wanting to attend Cooper for AAP is that Cooper doesn't have AAP. And as of a couple of years ago, had no teachers who seemed interested in teaching at the AAP level, sponsoring academic activities, or being involved and engaged in the academic life of students. Lots of metrics support this -- TJ admissions (which are highly dependent on teachers' willingness to submit recommendations); nonparticipation in various academic clubs/pursuits (for example the TJ IMO); etc. Cooper is likely getting better because the word got out that they had to improve and hopefully they will be ready next year. But as of 2 years ago, Cooper was not ready to teach AAP, in trailers or anywhere.

What kind of hideous snob are you? Are schools that offer AAP the only ones good enough for your snowflake? I've had three kids go through Cooper and each has had a fantastic education and been well-prepared for the rigors of Langley. Their teachers were quite "involved and engaged in the academic life" of their students. Have you even had a child attend Cooper? You clearly haven't or else you would know this.

I would be very, very happy to have Cooper remain free of parents such as yourself. Cooper has been a fine school all this time, without any AAP nonsense whatsoever. In fact, I'd say it's been a far healthier environment for kids than the typical AAP factory you see in other schools (Longfellow, Kilmer, Churchill, Colvin Run, Haycock, etc.). Too bad it's no longer going to remain that way, thanks to moronic parents like you.

Thanks for dumping them on us at Longfellow.

With parents like the ones on this thread, I can hardly blame them.

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of arts at AAP middle schools and at TJ. If you believe that students at AAP middle schools and TJ don't participate in art, music, sports, drama, writing, and having fun, you haven't visited any of those schools. Go to the websites and look up the school newspaper or PTA newsletter.

No one has said there aren't arts offered at AAP middle schools and TJ. But several PPs seem to feel the only acceptable activities for their snowflakes are Junior National Honor Society, Science Olympiad, and Math Counts. If a school doesn't offer them, then it must be inferior. Because, you know, the "TJ schema."

There are plenty of arts at AAP middle schools and at TJ. If you believe that students at AAP middle schools and TJ don't participate in art, music, sports, drama, writing, and having fun, you haven't visited any of those schools. Go to the websites and look up the school newspaper or PTA newsletter.

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Anonymous wrote:And, of course, to stay on topic, it's the same sense of entitlement that leads some Langley pyramid parents to imply their AAP kids shouldn't have to attend Cooper, their under-enrolled base school, until it has been fully renovated. It doesn't seem to matter to them that Kilmer has been overcrowded for years or that Longfellow students attend school in trailers. They want to pay less in taxes, but still have a local public with state-of-the-art facilities.

PP - Langley pyramid AAP students are attending Longfellow, in the trailers. It's not actually any students' fault that when they redid Longfellow they did not make it big enough. The issue with not wanting to attend Cooper for AAP is that Cooper doesn't have AAP. And as of a couple of years ago, had no teachers who seemed interested in teaching at the AAP level, sponsoring academic activities, or being involved and engaged in the academic life of students. Lots of metrics support this -- TJ admissions (which are highly dependent on teachers' willingness to submit recommendations); nonparticipation in various academic clubs/pursuits (for example the TJ IMO); etc. Cooper is likely getting better because the word got out that they had to improve and hopefully they will be ready next year. But as of 2 years ago, Cooper was not ready to teach AAP, in trailers or anywhere.

What kind of hideous snob are you? Are schools that offer AAP the only ones good enough for your snowflake? I've had three kids go through Cooper and each has had a fantastic education and been well-prepared for the rigors of Langley. Their teachers were quite "involved and engaged in the academic life" of their students. Have you even had a child attend Cooper? You clearly haven't or else you would know this.

I would be very, very happy to have Cooper remain free of parents such as yourself. Cooper has been a fine school all this time, without any AAP nonsense whatsoever. In fact, I'd say it's been a far healthier environment for kids than the typical AAP factory you see in other schools (Longfellow, Kilmer, Churchill, Colvin Run, Haycock, etc.). Too bad it's no longer going to remain that way, thanks to moronic parents like you.

Thanks for dumping them on us at Longfellow.

With parents like the ones on this thread, I can hardly blame them.

Anonymous wrote:You Cooper parents need to get over yourself-it is very true that as of two years ago extracurricular clubs like Science Olympiad and even National Junior Honor Society were not part of the offered after school programs at Cooper. Like it or not, such activities are part of the whole schema for AAP kids to get accepted to TJ if that is on their radar, and what the PP said about very few if any kids going from Cooper to TJ is true if you look at the hard data. So maybe read between the lines before you have such a vitriolic outburst.

Perhaps you don't think the following deserved a "vitriolic outburst," but I certainly do (from the PP):

And as of a couple of years ago, had no teachers who seemed interested in teaching at the AAP level, sponsoring academic activities, or being involved and engaged in the academic life of students

What a crock of B.S. Cooper is full of teachers who are very engaged in the academic life of students, and also full of students who are very engaged in academics. Believe it or not, TJ is not of interest to MANY kids. It actually makes the quality of life at Cooper much more refreshing to not have this constant obsession with getting into TJ. There are other activities - theater, band, orchestra, chorus - that plenty of Cooper kids take part in, and for no other reason than they're interested in participating and not seeking some kind of middle school resume enhancer (just typing that made me queasy).

It's a shame for your children that their parents have such a single-minded, laser-hot focus on getting your child into TJ. It'll be so disappointing - for you - when they don't.

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Anonymous wrote:And, of course, to stay on topic, it's the same sense of entitlement that leads some Langley pyramid parents to imply their AAP kids shouldn't have to attend Cooper, their under-enrolled base school, until it has been fully renovated. It doesn't seem to matter to them that Kilmer has been overcrowded for years or that Longfellow students attend school in trailers. They want to pay less in taxes, but still have a local public with state-of-the-art facilities.

PP - Langley pyramid AAP students are attending Longfellow, in the trailers. It's not actually any students' fault that when they redid Longfellow they did not make it big enough. The issue with not wanting to attend Cooper for AAP is that Cooper doesn't have AAP. And as of a couple of years ago, had no teachers who seemed interested in teaching at the AAP level, sponsoring academic activities, or being involved and engaged in the academic life of students. Lots of metrics support this -- TJ admissions (which are highly dependent on teachers' willingness to submit recommendations); nonparticipation in various academic clubs/pursuits (for example the TJ IMO); etc. Cooper is likely getting better because the word got out that they had to improve and hopefully they will be ready next year. But as of 2 years ago, Cooper was not ready to teach AAP, in trailers or anywhere.

What kind of hideous snob are you? Are schools that offer AAP the only ones good enough for your snowflake? I've had three kids go through Cooper and each has had a fantastic education and been well-prepared for the rigors of Langley. Their teachers were quite "involved and engaged in the academic life" of their students. Have you even had a child attend Cooper? You clearly haven't or else you would know this.

I would be very, very happy to have Cooper remain free of parents such as yourself. Cooper has been a fine school all this time, without any AAP nonsense whatsoever. In fact, I'd say it's been a far healthier environment for kids than the typical AAP factory you see in other schools (Longfellow, Kilmer, Churchill, Colvin Run, Haycock, etc.). Too bad it's no longer going to remain that way, thanks to moronic parents like you.

Thanks for dumping them on us at Longfellow.

You Cooper parents need to get over yourself-it is very true that as of two years ago extracurricular clubs like Science Olympiad and even National Junior Honor Society were not part of the offered after school programs at Cooper. Like it or not, such activities are part of the whole schema for AAP kids to get accepted to TJ if that is on their radar, and what the PP said about very few if any kids going from Cooper to TJ is true if you look at the hard data. So maybe read between the lines before you have such a vitriolic outburst.

Anonymous wrote:And, of course, to stay on topic, it's the same sense of entitlement that leads some Langley pyramid parents to imply their AAP kids shouldn't have to attend Cooper, their under-enrolled base school, until it has been fully renovated. It doesn't seem to matter to them that Kilmer has been overcrowded for years or that Longfellow students attend school in trailers. They want to pay less in taxes, but still have a local public with state-of-the-art facilities.

PP - Langley pyramid AAP students are attending Longfellow, in the trailers. It's not actually any students' fault that when they redid Longfellow they did not make it big enough. The issue with not wanting to attend Cooper for AAP is that Cooper doesn't have AAP. And as of a couple of years ago, had no teachers who seemed interested in teaching at the AAP level, sponsoring academic activities, or being involved and engaged in the academic life of students. Lots of metrics support this -- TJ admissions (which are highly dependent on teachers' willingness to submit recommendations); nonparticipation in various academic clubs/pursuits (for example the TJ IMO); etc. Cooper is likely getting better because the word got out that they had to improve and hopefully they will be ready next year. But as of 2 years ago, Cooper was not ready to teach AAP, in trailers or anywhere.

What kind of hideous snob are you? Are schools that offer AAP the only ones good enough for your snowflake? I've had three kids go through Cooper and each has had a fantastic education and been well-prepared for the rigors of Langley. Their teachers were quite "involved and engaged in the academic life" of their students. Have you even had a child attend Cooper? You clearly haven't or else you would know this.

I would be very, very happy to have Cooper remain free of parents such as yourself. Cooper has been a fine school all this time, without any AAP nonsense whatsoever. In fact, I'd say it's been a far healthier environment for kids than the typical AAP factory you see in other schools (Longfellow, Kilmer, Churchill, Colvin Run, Haycock, etc.). Too bad it's no longer going to remain that way, thanks to moronic parents like you.

The move to Cooper not be a surprise. It will happen in the next year or two. It makes too much sense and the voluntary AAP program already there has had a chance to gel. Enough already.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh you die hard limousine liberals are so holier than thou!

I am not for a tax break or saying the neediest schools should go without-simply that Cluster 1 deserves their fair share of lower class sizes and resources too! I am all for a meals tax to raise revenues, but I do pay my fair share of property taxes and my kids schools shouldn't always get the short end of the stick just because my school board representative thinks I am "wealthy" and can afford to supplement everything the schools lack. So there!

AMEN. I agree completely.

Thanks!!! I am glad there are still some realistic and sensible people out there!!

The defeats of Chronis, Kurzenhauser and Parisot last night tell us that the Republican effort to portray the richest in the county as victims did not work. Time now for Janie to move to require the AAP students in the Langley pyramid to attend Cooper, starting next fall.

The defeats were hardly a mandate, particularly with Parisot-people are still very much divided on the issue in this county. I have a feeling Strauss herself wrote this-and go ahead and try for the move this year, you will have a huge fight on your hands.

No, Janie didn't write it. But most of the Langley precincts voted for Kurzenhauser. She gets re-elected by people whose kids are zoned for Herndon, Longfellow and Kilmer, not Cooper, and she'll be part of the block that decides every School Board vote for the next four years. I fully expect to see her advocate for efficient use of under-utilized Cooper MS.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh you die hard limousine liberals are so holier than thou!

I am not for a tax break or saying the neediest schools should go without-simply that Cluster 1 deserves their fair share of lower class sizes and resources too! I am all for a meals tax to raise revenues, but I do pay my fair share of property taxes and my kids schools shouldn't always get the short end of the stick just because my school board representative thinks I am "wealthy" and can afford to supplement everything the schools lack. So there!

AMEN. I agree completely.

Thanks!!! I am glad there are still some realistic and sensible people out there!!

The defeats of Chronis, Kurzenhauser and Parisot last night tell us that the Republican effort to portray the richest in the county as victims did not work. Time now for Janie to move to require the AAP students in the Langley pyramid to attend Cooper, starting next fall.

The defeats were hardly a mandate, particularly with Parisot-people are still very much divided on the issue in this county. I have a feeling Strauss herself wrote this-and go ahead and try for the move this year, you will have a huge fight on your hands.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh you die hard limousine liberals are so holier than thou!

I am not for a tax break or saying the neediest schools should go without-simply that Cluster 1 deserves their fair share of lower class sizes and resources too! I am all for a meals tax to raise revenues, but I do pay my fair share of property taxes and my kids schools shouldn't always get the short end of the stick just because my school board representative thinks I am "wealthy" and can afford to supplement everything the schools lack. So there!

AMEN. I agree completely.

Thanks!!! I am glad there are still some realistic and sensible people out there!!

The defeats of Chronis, Kurzenhauser and Parisot last night tell us that the Republican effort to portray the richest in the county as victims did not work. Time now for Janie to move to require the AAP students in the Langley pyramid to attend Cooper, starting next fall.

+100 Enough is enough. Other AAP programs have been overwhelmed with Cooper area students for too long.

You people are so missing the point so it doesn't make sense to argue-enjoy your rising taxes and crappy schools.