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Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

Then it’s a good thing boundaries get reviewed every 5 years.

Even without KAA, Franklin could easily justify AAP. Look at how many go to Carson from Franklin.

Franklin doesnt need to justify AAP, for they have had an established AAP program for 10-15 years. Families have just had the choice between Franklin and Carson. Its time to end that choice.

The same thing happens with Irving and Lake Braddock.

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Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

I wouldn’t envision that. A LOT of kids who go to center for elementary AAP go to Thoreau for middle school. Mostly because the only kids zoned for Madison who go to Jackson are AAP - so going to Thoreau keeps them in the same pyramid.

Last year, 96 kids from Thoreau transferred to Jackson and 39 to Kilmer (the AAP center for a small portion of Thoreau.) Thoreau currently has 1248 students with a 1379 program capacity. The plan was to move 191 students from Kilmer to Thoreau, putting it at 104% capacity. If they sent the AAP kids back it would be well over 110% capacity.

I support AAP in all MS, but they need to pump the brakes on the boundary adjustments to accommodate the change in programming or else they’re going to immediately be moving a bunch of kids BACK to their originally assigned school.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the difference between a middle school that is a "center" and one that somehow isn't a center yet still offers AAP?

Sorry, my local middle school offers zero AAP, so our choice was a center or no AAP, so I am unclear of the difference

Centers offer AAP classes. Non-Centers may offer AAP classes but don’t have to. Many non-centers end up with a smaller number of AAP students and so don’t offer AAP classes.

There is no guarantee that the non center school will offer AAP classes, that’s why people generally pick the center school to guarantee level IV services. Some non center schools may accommodate an advanced math class for instance via virtual which isn’t ideal.

Anonymous wrote:Honors for all!

Longfellow went to honors for all years ago.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if they will grandfather the kids in who went to a center for 7th but should be in their new base program for 8th.

I'm skeptical this will happen as it would necessitate staffing increases and the AART specialists were cut this year entirely or to half-time.

AART specialists don’t work with AAP. They help bring AAP strategies to gen ed classes.

Anonymous wrote:What is the difference between a middle school that is a "center" and one that somehow isn't a center yet still offers AAP?

Sorry, my local middle school offers zero AAP, so our choice was a center or no AAP, so I am unclear of the difference

Centers offer AAP classes. Non-Centers may offer AAP classes but don’t have to. Many non-centers end up with a smaller number of AAP students and so don’t offer AAP classes.

What is the difference between a middle school that is a "center" and one that somehow isn't a center yet still offers AAP?

Sorry, my local middle school offers zero AAP, so our choice was a center or no AAP, so I am unclear of the difference

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Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

I wouldn’t envision that. A LOT of kids who go to center for elementary AAP go to Thoreau for middle school. Mostly because the only kids zoned for Madison who go to Jackson are AAP - so going to Thoreau keeps them in the same pyramid.

I wonder if they will grandfather the kids in who went to a center for 7th but should be in their new base program for 8th.

I'm skeptical this will happen as it would necessitate staffing increases and the AART specialists were cut this year entirely or to half-time.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

Then it’s a good thing boundaries get reviewed every 5 years.

Even without KAA, Franklin could easily justify AAP. Look at how many go to Carson from Franklin.

Franklin doesnt need to justify AAP, for they have had an established AAP program for 10-15 years. Families have just had the choice between Franklin and Carson. Its time to end that choice.

Why on earth are they given a choice?

Because Franklin isn’t a center school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

Then it’s a good thing boundaries get reviewed every 5 years.

Even without KAA, Franklin could easily justify AAP. Look at how many go to Carson from Franklin.

Franklin doesnt need to justify AAP, for they have had an established AAP program for 10-15 years. Families have just had the choice between Franklin and Carson. Its time to end that choice.

Why on earth are they given a choice?

The IT people need to fix that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

Then it’s a good thing boundaries get reviewed every 5 years.

Even without KAA, Franklin could easily justify AAP. Look at how many go to Carson from Franklin.

Franklin doesnt need to justify AAP, for they have had an established AAP program for 10-15 years. Families have just had the choice between Franklin and Carson. Its time to end that choice.

Why on earth are they given a choice?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

Then it’s a good thing boundaries get reviewed every 5 years.

Even without KAA, Franklin could easily justify AAP. Look at how many go to Carson from Franklin.

Franklin doesnt need to justify AAP, for they have had an established AAP program for 10-15 years. Families have just had the choice between Franklin and Carson. Its time to end that choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Honors for all!

...which would make it GenEd

Which it should be. If they want GT. then make it GT. AAP is not GT.

Agree. And then only offer GT at select middle schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

However, another reason to delay the boundary rezoing process.

This is going to throw a huge wrench in their plans for Thoreau if they send all the AAP kids from Jackson back. Carson and Franklin at least have the potential KAA adjustment delay to tweak.

Then it’s a good thing boundaries get reviewed every 5 years.

The Thru proposals were already going to move a lot of Kilmer kids into Thoreau to help with overcrowding at Kilmer. If Thoreau got back all the AAP kids at Jackson on top of that it would be a mess.

I said from day one they needed to figure out the future of AAP centers before they came out with any boundary proposals. Of course they didn’t do that.

The Poe proposal is fine and makes sense. It should not be held up because of the follow-on motion that would be harder to implement on short notice.