Anonymous
09/27/2025 07:28
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
Why? If you live in that district, that is your assigned school. Your only choices should be to send your child to your assigned school or oay for private school.
Why should our AAP students (I have three children who are or have been in AAP myself) be permitted to choose their school when no one else can?
Anonymous
09/26/2025 21:01
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
That would be the whole point - eliminating that choice at MS.
Which, honestly, makes sense.
No, it would be the same as having the choice to go to the center versus local AAP that elementary school aged AAP kids have.
Not all elementary schools have local AAP - hence the lingering choice situation. I'd assume elimination of elementary centers would be the next step.
I agree with other posters, though, that not all elementary schools have a large enough cohort to have meaningful program.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 19:56
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
That would be the whole point - eliminating that choice at MS.
Which, honestly, makes sense.
No, it would be the same as having the choice to go to the center versus local AAP that elementary school aged AAP kids have.
That choice exists at the elementary levels because some schools don't have enough identified kids to run the program. Middle schools have many more kids in a grade so there would be enough kids to do so.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 19:48
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
That would be the whole point - eliminating that choice at MS.
Which, honestly, makes sense.
No, it would be the same as having the choice to go to the center versus local AAP that elementary school aged AAP kids have.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 19:42
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
That would be the whole point - eliminating that choice at MS.
Which, honestly, makes sense.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 19:17
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
No
Anonymous
09/26/2025 18:10
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Will kids in AAP still get to choose whether they want to go to the center similar to how they choose in elementary grades? I do not want my AAP kid going to our zoned middle school under any circumstances.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 14:01
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's a good idea in theory, but boy is it going to mean boundaries change all the time over the next five years
First they'll adopt their boundary changes for fall 2026 in early 2026.
Then they'll get a plan for AAP at every middle school.
And then they'll have to change boundaries again to adjust for schools that don't currently have space for all their AAP students to return.
Good times ahead courtesy of these people who have demonstrated no ability to plan sensibly.
All this should have been sorted out before a county-wide boundary study was conducted.
These people are absolute idiots.
The idea is good but the timing is terrible. It should have been in their priorities when first scoping out the boundary review. It is the epitome of comprehensive and access to programming.
I don’t think anyone on the school board has their fingers on the pulse to the degree that the people on this forum do. Some of the changes in the current scenarios are detrimental to Universal AAP centers. Kilmer and Thoreau being the most glaring example. The current plan overcompensates shifting Kilmer enrollment to Thoreau to the point that Kilmer is under 90% enrolled and Thoreau is 104%. South County MS will also feel the strain if the current scenario holds.
Hopefully one or two adults in the room will pump the brakes on their self imposed timeline. Between KAA and now this, they’re putting way too many irons into the fire 3 months before they’re supposed to vote on it.
They should never make
They were very proud that people on the BRAC weren’t selected because they actually had relevant knowledge. Compare that to a committee like the FPAC where you’re asked to demonstrate your qualifications.
They just wanted people they could lead by the nose and get to rubber stamp their plans. Fortunately, they did end up with some members who have really tried to educate themselves and ask the right questions.
But the sequence of events is completely backwards. They’ll change boundaries to eliminate split feeders, then they’ll have to change boundaries to reflect AAP at every middle school, and there’s a good chance they’ll end up creating new split feeders in the process.
Reid is simply not qualified to lead FCPS. She doesn’t know when to push back against the School Board and, when she does come up with ideas on her own, they are impractical and often a further distraction.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 13:45
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just another step in FCPS’s campaign to eliminate AAP which has been a big draw for families to FCPS versus surrounding systems.
They are literally expanding AAPs to more middle schools.
An important part of advanced education is peer group. That wasn’t mentioned even once in the discussion last night. I suspect each MS has enough for a robust peer group but it should be part of the analysis.
Each ES definitely does not have enough students for a robust peer group. But lots of the comments make it clear they are moving that way. Better to dismantle the whole thing than expand it and dilute it to meaningless.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 13:12
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:It's a good idea in theory, but boy is it going to mean boundaries change all the time over the next five years
First they'll adopt their boundary changes for fall 2026 in early 2026.
Then they'll get a plan for AAP at every middle school.
And then they'll have to change boundaries again to adjust for schools that don't currently have space for all their AAP students to return.
Good times ahead courtesy of these people who have demonstrated no ability to plan sensibly.
All this should have been sorted out before a county-wide boundary study was conducted.
These people are absolute idiots.
The idea is good but the timing is terrible. It should have been in their priorities when first scoping out the boundary review. It is the epitome of comprehensive and access to programming.
I don’t think anyone on the school board has their fingers on the pulse to the degree that the people on this forum do. Some of the changes in the current scenarios are detrimental to Universal AAP centers. Kilmer and Thoreau being the most glaring example. The current plan overcompensates shifting Kilmer enrollment to Thoreau to the point that Kilmer is under 90% enrolled and Thoreau is 104%. South County MS will also feel the strain if the current scenario holds.
Hopefully one or two adults in the room will pump the brakes on their self imposed timeline. Between KAA and now this, they’re putting way too many irons into the fire 3 months before they’re supposed to vote on it.
They should never make
Anonymous
09/26/2025 12:50
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
It's a good idea in theory, but boy is it going to mean boundaries change all the time over the next five years
First they'll adopt their boundary changes for fall 2026 in early 2026.
Then they'll get a plan for AAP at every middle school.
And then they'll have to change boundaries again to adjust for schools that don't currently have space for all their AAP students to return.
Good times ahead courtesy of these people who have demonstrated no ability to plan sensibly.
All this should have been sorted out before a county-wide boundary study was conducted.
These people are absolute idiots.
First they'll adopt their boundary changes for fall 2026 in early 2026.
Then they'll get a plan for AAP at every middle school.
And then they'll have to change boundaries again to adjust for schools that don't currently have space for all their AAP students to return.
Good times ahead courtesy of these people who have demonstrated no ability to plan sensibly.
All this should have been sorted out before a county-wide boundary study was conducted.
These people are absolute idiots.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 12:47
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just another step in FCPS’s campaign to eliminate AAP which has been a big draw for families to FCPS versus surrounding systems.
They aren't eliminating AAP, but planning to offer it in every MS.
Your snowflake will survive if they get AAP at Franklin rather than some mega-AAP center like Carson.
This is an anonymous forum. Why do you keep assuming the objection is coming from a Carson parent? I live in Franklin area and think it would great to put one there.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 12:43
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Just another step in FCPS’s campaign to eliminate AAP which has been a big draw for families to FCPS versus surrounding systems.
They are literally expanding AAPs to more middle schools.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 12:17
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Anonymous wrote:Just another step in FCPS’s campaign to eliminate AAP which has been a big draw for families to FCPS versus surrounding systems.
They aren't eliminating AAP, but planning to offer it in every MS.
Your snowflake will survive if they get AAP at Franklin rather than some mega-AAP center like Carson.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 12:15
Subject: AAP Center Expansion?
Just another step in FCPS’s campaign to eliminate AAP which has been a big draw for families to FCPS versus surrounding systems.