how many kids are in AAP %agewise? do they mix at lunch recess specials?

[Anonymous]

I guess we can ask this at orientation or it varies by school.

my kid has say 25 kids in his current classroom. he was accepted to AAP. will about 5 of his current classmates go?
if 125 total in the grade, that's maybe 25 AAP third graders? just want to know how much his peer group may change b/c of this track if at all?
I hope not much because he really has a variety of friends and I want him to be around a lot of different kids all day. I know his academic group will be smaller, but is that all day now.

Is that a factor on whether I should send him or not?

[Anonymous]

This link shows center population/local level IV populations:

http://www.fcps.edu/schlbd/docs/sb%20follow%20up%20responses/fy%202014/SBfollow-up14-2-3-4.pdf

[Anonymous]

This link shows enrollment by school:

http://www.fcag.org/documents/aap_center_data/level_iv_task_force_recs/aap_enr_by_ctr_fdr.pdf

Note: Both links are for the 2012-2013 school year.

[Anonymous]

And this is another link that has useful information. It is currently not loading on my PC. Actually - worked on Internet Explorer, did not work on Firefox or Chrome. But usually you can find your school and see how many kids leave to go to a center each year, or how many stay and are in a local AAP program (I think).

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/dashboard/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This link shows center population/local level IV populations:

http://www.fcps.edu/schlbd/docs/sb%20follow%20up%20responses/fy%202014/SBfollow-up14-2-3-4.pdf

Very interesting stats. I had no idea that there were only three centers with more than 10% African American students. That's really surprising to me.

[Anonymous]

African Americans only make up about 13% of the US population. Why would it surprise you that AAP centers have lower than this percentage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This link shows center population/local level IV populations:

http://www.fcps.edu/schlbd/docs/sb%20follow%20up%20responses/fy%202014/SBfollow-up14-2-3-4.pdf

Very interesting stats. I had no idea that there were only three centers with more than 10% African American students. That's really surprising to me.

AA students account for about 10% of the total population of Fairfax County Schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:African Americans only make up about 13% of the US population. Why would it surprise you that AAP centers have lower than this percentage?

Because there are only THREE school/centers with 10% or more.... also b/c in my kids' school the percentage is higher than that -- more like 20% and I didn't realize it was so low in other parts of the county. Neighboring schools have 20% or more as well. I just thought that was more the norm.

[Anonymous]

If you are talking about academic, even 1% is more than norm.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:African Americans only make up about 13% of the US population. Why would it surprise you that AAP centers have lower than this percentage?

Because there are only THREE school/centers with 10% or more.... also b/c in my kids' school the percentage is higher than that -- more like 20% and I didn't realize it was so low in other parts of the county. Neighboring schools have 20% or more as well. I just thought that was more the norm.

[Anonymous]

This varies a lot by center. Our center did mix for specials and recess. This was one reason I preferred the center to our LLIV, which kept the LLIV class self contained all day. This led to a lot of "us vs. them" issues and I hear they have now discontinued that practice.

[Anonymous]

Yes, our LLIV program mixes for specials, lunch, science, and social studies. It's a great program in that my DC gets advanced instruction but can still maintain school friendships with everyone easily.

[Anonymous]

How can you find out the demographics for FCPS as a whole (not per school or AAP)? Curious as to what it is.. thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess we can ask this at orientation or it varies by school.

my kid has say 25 kids in his current classroom. he was accepted to AAP. will about 5 of his current classmates go?
if 125 total in the grade, that's maybe 25 AAP third graders? just want to know how much his peer group may change b/c of this track if at all?
I hope not much because he really has a variety of friends and I want him to be around a lot of different kids all day. I know his academic group will be smaller, but is that all day now.

Is that a factor on whether I should send him or not?

Me too! That's why we are keeping him at base school (where he wants to be anyway.) It has a strong level IV and level II and III kids get pulled out of their classrooms into the level VI class for certain subjects. So he is more likely to see a variety of kids, or so I'm hoping. He is a laid back happy go lucky kid with lots of friends. I want to keep it that way. Happiness first!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, our LLIV program mixes for specials, lunch, science, and social studies. It's a great program in that my DC gets advanced instruction but can still maintain school friendships with everyone easily.

Great, I'm hoping our local level IV is the same!

[Anonymous]

Which LLIV or center schools now have the children mix for specials, lunch, recess, science, and social studies? We have an AAP eligible child and are looking to move to a school like this. TIA!