Anonymous
Post 04/19/2016 08:25     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
How is this a choice? Are you moving to the area? If so, just find a house you like. Both are good.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2016 20:25     Subject: Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:This thread is nearly 3 years old, but we are facing this choice with our 2nd grader.

Has anything changed in the last 3 years?


Yup - the haycock renovation is winding down. That said, can't give you any info to decide between haycock and Churchill
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2016 19:37     Subject: Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
This thread is nearly 3 years old, but we are facing this choice with our 2nd grader.

Has anything changed in the last 3 years?
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2013 14:02     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:
They need to figure out what they are going to do with the students that come when Tyson's adds 100k? people. So far I have seen one new ES planned. Langley and Cooper are close enough to Tyson's to help with that increase. Most of the huge swath goes west. Langley and Cooper can take more from the east and south.



The most likely thing that will happen in the first instance is that the Westbriar island will get moved to Colvin Run/Cooper/Langley from Kilmer/Marshall, creating more space for the new Westbriar AAP center and Tysons expansion.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 22:23     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
I think 19:41 may be an expert on what counts as passive-aggressive behavior.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 19:41     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought the latest projection was that Haycock would be down to about 860 students this fall so I also don't know why students would be sent to Timber Lane or any other school at this point.


Last I heard, they were at 870 after redistricting and expecting more. The principal was in a tizzy because they had to destaff teachers that they may need by the time fall hits.


I'm sure it's frustrating being forced to destaff and then required to restaff, but it's patronizing the suggest the principal was "in a tizzy." She looks after the school and handles herself very well from what I've observed.


The difference between calm and collected and passive-aggressive is pretty subtle.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 17:03     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought the latest projection was that Haycock would be down to about 860 students this fall so I also don't know why students would be sent to Timber Lane or any other school at this point.


Last I heard, they were at 870 after redistricting and expecting more. The principal was in a tizzy because they had to destaff teachers that they may need by the time fall hits.


I'm sure it's frustrating being forced to destaff and then required to restaff, but it's patronizing the suggest the principal was "in a tizzy." She looks after the school and handles herself very well from what I've observed.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 14:58     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One plan that I do not see (maybe because of Janie Strauss) is to move the rest of Franklin Sherman to Cooper/Langley. Since Cooper is projected to be under enrolled and Longfellow/McLean is predicted to be over enrolled. (The you could undo/swap the idiotic assignment of Kent Gardens to Churchill and FS to Longfellow) You could also shave some of Chesterbrook and give it to Franklin Sherman is you need more. Although, Chesterbrook's district is about the cleanest one I have seen (regarding peninsulas and islands)



That school is a split McLean/Langley feeder, but it's primarily McLean and most of the Langley neighborhoods zoned for FS don't send too many kids to public school, either. I don't see that area getting moved to Langley, but I agree with you that it would make more sense to send FS to Churchill for AAP than it does to keep sending the KG kids closer to Haycock there.

Personally, other than opening an AAP center at Cooper when they are ready, I'd just let Cooper and Langley turn into small schools if that's the direction they are heading. Their attendance areas already cover a huge swath of the county.


They need to figure out what they are going to do with the students that come when Tyson's adds 100k? people. So far I have seen one new ES planned. Langley and Cooper are close enough to Tyson's to help with that increase. Most of the huge swath goes west. Langley and Cooper can take more from the east and south.

Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 14:53     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:One plan that I do not see (maybe because of Janie Strauss) is to move the rest of Franklin Sherman to Cooper/Langley. Since Cooper is projected to be under enrolled and Longfellow/McLean is predicted to be over enrolled. (The you could undo/swap the idiotic assignment of Kent Gardens to Churchill and FS to Longfellow) You could also shave some of Chesterbrook and give it to Franklin Sherman is you need more. Although, Chesterbrook's district is about the cleanest one I have seen (regarding peninsulas and islands)



That school is a split McLean/Langley feeder, but it's primarily McLean and most of the Langley neighborhoods zoned for FS don't send too many kids to public school, either. I don't see that area getting moved to Langley, but I agree with you that it would make more sense to send FS to Churchill for AAP than it does to keep sending the KG kids closer to Haycock there.

Personally, other than opening an AAP center at Cooper when they are ready, I'd just let Cooper and Langley turn into small schools if that's the direction they are heading. Their attendance areas already cover a huge swath of the county.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 14:44     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought the latest projection was that Haycock would be down to about 860 students this fall so I also don't know why students would be sent to Timber Lane or any other school at this point.


It will not be that low. Last the principal announced, they were at around 860 for next year and that's before the summer when many kids move in. It will likely be more than that. How much more is not easy to predict.


That sounds right, but kids move out during the summer as well, and the final number will surely be materially lower than last year.


The kids that move out tend to let the school know before the end of the year- so they are not expected nor counted. The ones that come in tend to be the surprises.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 14:42     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
One plan that I do not see (maybe because of Janie Strauss) is to move the rest of Franklin Sherman to Cooper/Langley. Since Cooper is projected to be under enrolled and Longfellow/McLean is predicted to be over enrolled. (The you could undo/swap the idiotic assignment of Kent Gardens to Churchill and FS to Longfellow) You could also shave some of Chesterbrook and give it to Franklin Sherman is you need more. Although, Chesterbrook's district is about the cleanest one I have seen (regarding peninsulas and islands)

Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 09:47     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought the latest projection was that Haycock would be down to about 860 students this fall so I also don't know why students would be sent to Timber Lane or any other school at this point.


It will not be that low. Last the principal announced, they were at around 860 for next year and that's before the summer when many kids move in. It will likely be more than that. How much more is not easy to predict.


That sounds right, but kids move out during the summer as well, and the final number will surely be materially lower than last year.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2013 06:14     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:I thought the latest projection was that Haycock would be down to about 860 students this fall so I also don't know why students would be sent to Timber Lane or any other school at this point.


It will not be that low. Last the principal announced, they were at around 860 for next year and that's before the summer when many kids move in. It will likely be more than that. How much more is not easy to predict.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2013 23:34     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Not the OP, but the answers here seem to have really veered off track. Why so much angst over where kid attends an accelerated program? Decide what neighborhood you like and move there -- this is freaking grade school. If your kids are intelligent enough to get into AAP they're going to do fine in the long run regardless of the school. This is a high income suburb of supposedly educated parents, not the impoverished inner city where the quality of schools is actually an issue. Way too many people turning a simple choice into a do or die decision, imo. Save some of that for the bigger ones down the road.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2013 23:33     Subject: Re:Churchill AAP Vs Haycock AAP : Which one is better?
Anonymous wrote:I thought the latest projection was that Haycock would be down to about 860 students this fall so I also don't know why students would be sent to Timber Lane or any other school at this point.


Last I heard, they were at 870 after redistricting and expecting more. The principal was in a tizzy because they had to destaff teachers that they may need by the time fall hits.