Anonymous wrote:Has anyone contacted the School Board about the lack of transportation? I can understand not sending to LA but these kids should have a bus to Colvin Run.

Anonymous wrote:So what is everyone's take on Colvin Run as an alternative? I am not as familiar with that Center.

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Anonymous wrote:Louise Archer is a very good school. It used to be a great school, but things have changed. Not just the over crowding....front office is disorganzied. Recent teacher hires are suspect.

Lisa Pilson (former VP) was able to keep things in check, but now she is the principle at Westrbrier. THe new VP is learning, and will probably get it, but some bad decisions have been made this year (mostly over last summer).

I agree that there are definite issues with the school: lack of timely responses from teachers, lack of general information being sent home as to classroom happenings, lack of consistent homework assigned across grade levels, writing homework and math homework weaker, not too much differentiation for math, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Louise Archer is a very good school. It used to be a great school, but things have changed. Not just the over crowding....front office is disorganzied. Recent teacher hires are suspect.

Lisa Pilson (former VP) was able to keep things in check, but now she is the principle at Westrbrier. THe new VP is learning, and will probably get it, but some bad decisions have been made this year (mostly over last summer).

Anonymous wrote:If only Louise Archer were still an all black school then none of you self entitled douchebags would want to semd your kids there!

Anonymous wrote:Did you mean Westbriar? Colvin Run has had an AAP center for some time.

Anonymous wrote:I think the main problem is the lack of transportation. If the school is over-crowded to the point of bursting (is there a fire marshall in the house?), then the solution needs to include transportation. The option needs to be viable for all students and if tranportation is not provided, itis not viable for all students.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration lies in that even though last year the school was declared closed to transfers, it was incorrectly assumed that policy would change with the creation of the new center. That policy never changed, but people expected it to.

Because LA grandfathered so many kids, they didn't really accomplish much immediate relief except the rising third graders from Stenwood, WestBriar and Freedom Hill. They did provide long tern relief as each class gets older and a new grade is started at the WestBriar center, but that effect takes time to appreciate.

I feel badly for those who assumed their children would be sent to LA if they were accepted as a 4th or 5th grader into AAP....but I am surprised no one posed that question during the application process, especially given all of the craziness surrounding the issue this year.

Appeal to the AAP office and to the principal for pupil placement? I think the chances of that succeeding really depends on how many students are affected and if they feel they can afford to extend that privilege to others in the same boat, with regards to space over the next few years.

Exactly. Why would people assume space would magically appear in that school building? How many buses and for how many years do parents expect FCPS to schedule through the same neighborhoods? This attendance area adjustment was not the first time children no longer had Louise Archer as an option. Some one posted about Great Falls not trying to get into Louise Archer. Some areas of Great Falls used to go to Westbriar [Louise Archer for AAP] and were changed to Colvin Run as the base school. If they were AAP they went to Colvin Run 's center even past grade 3.

Everyone got a bus. The problem is Louise Archer and Haycock AAP parents have been unreasonable about grandfathering. If Colvin Run could open as a new center with more than grade 3 then FCPS could have done it again.