Anonymous wrote:Kilmer is an awesome school, I'll be very sad if my kids have to switch to Cooper just to relieve overcrowding instead of REDISTRICTING, which is what's needed. Don't use AAP kids to fix population problems. There is NO money in FCPS budget plan to renovate Cooper, so there are not enough resources for AAP there anyway.

Got news for you, sweetie. even with redistricting, those McLean and Great Falls kids would not be at Kilmer

Anonymous wrote:It seems fairly obvious this is transitional and that Cooper will be the only AAP option for students in that area in a few years.

yep. if sanity reigns, which is always iffy in this area.

Anonymous wrote:Fine, just don't make it mandatory for those who would prefer the known quantity at Longfellow.

....and are so insecure about their children's intelligence that they fear they can't make it without whatever the heck that "known" quantity is. How absurd. If your child belongs in AAP chances are they're steering their own learning at a higher level anyway.

what hooey!

Anonymous wrote:So now it sounds like Thoreau, Cooper and Franklin will all have Local Level IV for Middle School. It is about time.

+1000

That is not what anyone is saying, AAP hater...

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Anonymous wrote:Just cause she said it, doesn't make it fact! Other than busing, AAP does not get extra funds or resources!

Then why the whining about Cooper "not being up to snuff" for the AAP kids? It's unbelievable that parents are demanding renovations specifically for this one group. Entitled much?

Not as though the GE kids there wouldn't benefit from a new facility and you can bet that the parents currently at Cooper will start whining when 200-300 AAP kids currently at Kilmer and Longfellow invade their precious, dumpy building they have right now!

I think the argument that Cooper needs a renovation specifically for the AAP students, should they go there, is the one that rankles. Yes, a renovated building would be great for everyone, but the argument seen here is that the AAP kids absolutely "have" to have a revamped facility or there is no way they could be taught there. It's laughable. Talk about the 'snowflake' syndrome.

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Anonymous wrote:Just cause she said it, doesn't make it fact! Other than busing, AAP does not get extra funds or resources!

Then why the whining about Cooper "not being up to snuff" for the AAP kids? It's unbelievable that parents are demanding renovations specifically for this one group. Entitled much?

Not as though the GE kids there wouldn't benefit from a new facility and you can bet that the parents currently at Cooper will start whining when 200-300 AAP kids currently at Kilmer and Longfellow invade their precious, dumpy building they have right now!

Of course Cooper would benefit from a renovation. But I can't see the parents "whining" when most of those kids will be together for six years, first at Cooper and then at Langley. Ideally, the school would be renovated before more kids attended the school, but the current conditions aren't ideal.

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Anonymous wrote:Just cause she said it, doesn't make it fact! Other than busing, AAP does not get extra funds or resources!

Then why the whining about Cooper "not being up to snuff" for the AAP kids? It's unbelievable that parents are demanding renovations specifically for this one group. Entitled much?

Not as though the GE kids there wouldn't benefit from a new facility and you can bet that the parents currently at Cooper will start whining when 200-300 AAP kids currently at Kilmer and Longfellow invade their precious, dumpy building they have right now!

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Anonymous wrote:Kilmer is an awesome school, I'll be very sad if my kids have to switch to Cooper just to relieve overcrowding instead of REDISTRICTING, which is what's needed. Don't use AAP kids to fix population problems. There is NO money in FCPS budget plan to renovate Cooper, so there are not enough resources for AAP there anyway.

You want FCPS to move GenEd kids who are closer to Kilmer and Longfellow over to Cooper because you think AAP kids can't go to an unrenovated school, but more GenEd kids can? You will have a fight on your hands.

+1000

Anonymous wrote:Just cause she said it, doesn't make it fact! Other than busing, AAP does not get extra funds or resources!

Then why the whining about Cooper "not being up to snuff" for the AAP kids? It's unbelievable that parents are demanding renovations specifically for this one group. Entitled much?

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer is an awesome school, I'll be very sad if my kids have to switch to Cooper just to relieve overcrowding instead of REDISTRICTING, which is what's needed. Don't use AAP kids to fix population problems. There is NO money in FCPS budget plan to renovate Cooper, so there are not enough resources for AAP there anyway.

You want FCPS to move GenEd kids who are closer to Kilmer and Longfellow over to Cooper because you think AAP kids can't go to an unrenovated school, but more GenEd kids can? You will have a fight on your hands.

Just cause she said it, doesn't make it fact! Other than busing, AAP does not get extra funds or resources!

Anonymous wrote:Kilmer is an awesome school, I'll be very sad if my kids have to switch to Cooper just to relieve overcrowding instead of REDISTRICTING, which is what's needed. Don't use AAP kids to fix population problems. There is NO money in FCPS budget plan to renovate Cooper, so there are not enough resources for AAP there anyway.

Just wanted to point that out (bolded), for all those who insist AAP doesn't "cost any extra money" and that AAP kids aren't getting resources that General Ed kids are not. I'm not sure why FCPS feels it's ok to set aside funds for this one group at the expense of the General Ed population.

As for Cooper, it too is an awesome school, regardless of surface renovations. Hope it stays that way.

Kilmer is an awesome school, I'll be very sad if my kids have to switch to Cooper just to relieve overcrowding instead of REDISTRICTING, which is what's needed. Don't use AAP kids to fix population problems. There is NO money in FCPS budget plan to renovate Cooper, so there are not enough resources for AAP there anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Janie has to go. Maybe she'll retire?

Who would take her place? After the horrible campaign she ran last time (have forgotten the name of her awful campaign manager), Louise Epstein doesn't seem like a viable candidate.

Catherine Lorenze?