Advanced academic services ACPS

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain this to me? With the new AAS revamp do kids found eligible for AAS general intellectual aptitude in grades k-3 still receive specialized services? What are those services and how often? Or are all children even those not-elligable for AAS receiving a pushin every 2 weeks or so?

[Anonymous]

Call the woman at central office who is supposedly in charge of the program.

Apparently, she doesn't support the existence of the program or ACPS.

[Anonymous]

Mom of two elementary boys. One is second, the other in fourth. Fourth grader has pull out classes for math and language arts. He has additional work for science and social studies. From what I can tell, my GIA identified second grader has pullouts during enrichment but isn't really doing anything. My fourth grader loves his AAS classes but I am disappointed that he will not be in 7th grade math in 6th. There is no new curriculum despite the changes to AAS this year. I am wondering if SOLs and MAP scores were low? I think ACPS is trying to get rid of AAS. It is very much "don't promote that your student is in this" from the school. Other parents get really upset that my son is in AAS. GIA is what my younger son is in and it is really nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom of two elementary boys. One is second, the other in fourth. Fourth grader has pull out classes for math and language arts. He has additional work for science and social studies. From what I can tell, my GIA identified second grader has pullouts during enrichment but isn't really doing anything. My fourth grader loves his AAS classes but I am disappointed that he will not be in 7th grade math in 6th. There is no new curriculum despite the changes to AAS this year. I am wondering if SOLs and MAP scores were low? I think ACPS is trying to get rid of AAS. It is very much "don't promote that your student is in this" from the school. Other parents get really upset that my son is in AAS. GIA is what my younger son is in and it is really nothing.

Thanks for sharing. I was told from the school that GIA below 4th is the same that every student gets. Not sure if that's true. It's extremely disappointing policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom of two elementary boys. One is second, the other in fourth. Fourth grader has pull out classes for math and language arts. He has additional work for science and social studies. From what I can tell, my GIA identified second grader has pullouts during enrichment but isn't really doing anything. My fourth grader loves his AAS classes but I am disappointed that he will not be in 7th grade math in 6th. There is no new curriculum despite the changes to AAS this year. I am wondering if SOLs and MAP scores were low? I think ACPS is trying to get rid of AAS. It is very much "don't promote that your student is in this" from the school. Other parents get really upset that my son is in AAS. GIA is what my younger son is in and it is really nothing.

They are. Hutchings outlined it in his book (his kids went to private) and his acolytes are still running ACPS and AAS (kids also in private).