Anonymous wrote:

Opening a can of worms here, but I'd be interested in seeing the statistics on FARMS students who also are in LLIV/centers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The Superintendent shall:
1. Maintain a Facilities Comprehensive Plan that assures that classroom
capacity and infrastructure meet instructional program and community
needs and is equitable across the county.

Well if we're going to nitpick -- equitable? Seems the county is violating it's own provision.

Exactly. This was the driver for the changes made at Greenbriar W.

Anonymous wrote:
The Superintendent shall:
1. Maintain a Facilities Comprehensive Plan that assures that classroom
capacity and infrastructure meet instructional program and community
needs and is equitable across the county.

Well if we're going to nitpick -- equitable? Seems the county is violating it's own provision.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, lines change and admission standards change (magnets and immersion). But, that's not really what we're talking about here.

When there is an overcrowding situation at a center school, something has to give. And most likely, that is going to be the center admission/feeder patterns rather than kids who live right next door to the school hosting students from outside its general boundaries.

Yes, it is ultimately up to the school board to decide on who goes where. That I do not argue. But the absolute outrage people had over being moved back to the school that is the base school for their neighborhood is just ridiculous. They were still getting the program they desired, just at a different location. A location that is NOT severely overcrowded.

Sorry, I will not relent on this. The base school students are not "hosting" the center students.

it's not the students personally hosting - it is the center school itself.

This is the nature of the program - students from outside the boundary of the school coming in for a special program. I'm sorry you don't like the way it is phrased, but this is factual. There are feeder schools for the AAP Center, but the center school is receiving students that wouldn't be attending the school were it NOT for the Center.

I have no horse in this race, but once a child is admitted to AAP and elects the center option, that center school is not "hosting" the child. The child has just as much right to be there as the base school kids. The center school "hosts" students who are pupil placed with principal approval. The principal can't just decide to kick the center kids out. Just as with the base school kids, AAP kids are subject to being rezoned. AAP realignment is more likely to happen that base school rezoning in the event of overcrowding, but that's also the case for kids living far from the school versus those living close. That doesn't mean the school is hosting those who live far away but in bounds just because they might be first to be rezoned. Maybe you shouldn't buy a house zoned for a center school if you don't want to deal with all the issues at a center school.

The Superintendent shall:
1. Maintain a Facilities Comprehensive Plan that assures that classroom
capacity and infrastructure meet instructional program and community
needs and is equitable across the county.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, lines change and admission standards change (magnets and immersion). But, that's not really what we're talking about here.

When there is an overcrowding situation at a center school, something has to give. And most likely, that is going to be the center admission/feeder patterns rather than kids who live right next door to the school hosting students from outside its general boundaries.

Yes, it is ultimately up to the school board to decide on who goes where. That I do not argue. But the absolute outrage people had over being moved back to the school that is the base school for their neighborhood is just ridiculous. They were still getting the program they desired, just at a different location. A location that is NOT severely overcrowded.

Sorry, I will not relent on this. The base school students are not "hosting" the center students.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, lines change and admission standards change (magnets and immersion). But, that's not really what we're talking about here.

When there is an overcrowding situation at a center school, something has to give. And most likely, that is going to be the center admission/feeder patterns rather than kids who live right next door to the school hosting students from outside its general boundaries.

Yes, it is ultimately up to the school board to decide on who goes where. That I do not argue. But the absolute outrage people had over being moved back to the school that is the base school for their neighborhood is just ridiculous. They were still getting the program they desired, just at a different location. A location that is NOT severely overcrowded.

Sorry, I will not relent on this. The base school students are not "hosting" the center students.

it's not the students personally hosting - it is the center school itself.

This is the nature of the program - students from outside the boundary of the school coming in for a special program. I'm sorry you don't like the way it is phrased, but this is factual. There are feeder schools for the AAP Center, but the center school is receiving students that wouldn't be attending the school were it NOT for the Center.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, lines change and admission standards change (magnets and immersion). But, that's not really what we're talking about here.

When there is an overcrowding situation at a center school, something has to give. And most likely, that is going to be the center admission/feeder patterns rather than kids who live right next door to the school hosting students from outside its general boundaries.

Yes, it is ultimately up to the school board to decide on who goes where. That I do not argue. But the absolute outrage people had over being moved back to the school that is the base school for their neighborhood is just ridiculous. They were still getting the program they desired, just at a different location. A location that is NOT severely overcrowded.

Sorry, I will not relent on this. The base school students are not "hosting" the center students.

Anonymous wrote:yes, lines change and admission standards change (magnets and immersion). But, that's not really what we're talking about here.

When there is an overcrowding situation at a center school, something has to give. And most likely, that is going to be the center admission/feeder patterns rather than kids who live right next door to the school hosting students from outside its general boundaries.

Yes, it is ultimately up to the school board to decide on who goes where. That I do not argue. But the absolute outrage people had over being moved back to the school that is the base school for their neighborhood is just ridiculous. They were still getting the program they desired, just at a different location. A location that is NOT severely overcrowded.

Anonymous wrote:the post a while back about the person who bought a cheaper bigger house in another neighborhood because they were already set for their kids to attend the center rubs me the wrong way after the fight we just endured. The only people who have an absolute right to be in any school are the ones in that district (yes, I realize lines do change from time to time). In the overcrowding situation at GBW, the center was the issue, and it needed to be remedied. If you bought in another neighborhood and expected that your kids have a right to attend another school, you are wrong. If it is absolutely critically important that your children must attend one school only, please buy as close to that school as possible within the boundary line.

Anonymous wrote:

Wouldn't that likely give AAP students exactly one small class of kids they spend 4 years with? How is that better?