Colvin Run Elementary School

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colvin Run parent here with one is aap and one in gen ed. There is definitely concern of divisiveness at this school with the AAP kids thinking they are smarter, worthier of a better education. Parents of aap kids fuel the fire too by bragging constantly that their kids is in it. The principal and vice principal are both well aware of the divide they are creating, but don’t see, to care about it. They just care about being a center school and keeping the aap level kids winning science fairs...etc to make their school look good. They really don’t care about the gen ed kids. Don’t be fooled. That why a lot of parents switch their kids to private school if they don’t get into aap level 4 at 3rd or 4th grade. They don’t want their kids to be forgotten which is what happens. If the principal and vice principle truly cared about all the kids they would put resources into the gened classroom also to give those kids the same level education and expectation which I’m sure all those kids could meet and succeed given the chance. [/quote]

This sounds horrible. Has the environment improved or does the same divide still exist? [/quote]

The quoted part is pure fiction, but it will continue to permeate this thread like it always does. I have three kids (one currently at CRES, two in HS), and we absolutely love the school. None of my kids were in AAP.[/quote]

I didn’t write the post in question, but I agree with it. There is most definitely a social divide between AAP and GE at CRES. Center schools are the worst. They perpetuate the notion that one group is “smarter” than the other and it’s unhealthy for all kids. What would be far better are flexible groupings in which kids could move around according to their abilities. FCPS has done a huge disservice by segregating kids like this.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colvin Run parent here with one is aap and one in gen ed. There is definitely concern of divisiveness at this school with the AAP kids thinking they are smarter, worthier of a better education. Parents of aap kids fuel the fire too by bragging constantly that their kids is in it. The principal and vice principal are both well aware of the divide they are creating, but don’t see, to care about it. They just care about being a center school and keeping the aap level kids winning science fairs...etc to make their school look good. They really don’t care about the gen ed kids. Don’t be fooled. That why a lot of parents switch their kids to private school if they don’t get into aap level 4 at 3rd or 4th grade. They don’t want their kids to be forgotten which is what happens. If the principal and vice principle truly cared about all the kids they would put resources into the gened classroom also to give those kids the same level education and expectation which I’m sure all those kids could meet and succeed given the chance. [/quote]

This sounds horrible. Has the environment improved or does the same divide still exist? [/quote]

The quoted part is pure fiction, but it will continue to permeate this thread like it always does. I have three kids (one currently at CRES, two in HS), and we absolutely love the school. None of my kids were in AAP.[/quote]

I didn’t write the post in question, but I agree with it. There is most definitely a social divide between AAP and GE at CRES. Center schools are the worst. They perpetuate the notion that one group is “smarter” than the other and it’s unhealthy for all kids. What would be far better are flexible groupings in which kids could move around according to their abilities. FCPS has done a huge disservice by segregating kids like this.[/quote]

But that’s not how it is at Colvin Run. 67% of the student body is in gen ed. My kids were in gen ed and were treated equally by the staff and teachers; their friends never treated them poorly for being in gen ed. I think it’s *parents* that create the social divide. (There was also NOT a marked decrease in enrollment in 3rd grade due to AAP — that’s just ridiculous.)

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colvin Run parent here with one is aap and one in gen ed. There is definitely concern of divisiveness at this school with the AAP kids thinking they are smarter, worthier of a better education. Parents of aap kids fuel the fire too by bragging constantly that their kids is in it. The principal and vice principal are both well aware of the divide they are creating, but don’t see, to care about it. They just care about being a center school and keeping the aap level kids winning science fairs...etc to make their school look good. They really don’t care about the gen ed kids. Don’t be fooled. That why a lot of parents switch their kids to private school if they don’t get into aap level 4 at 3rd or 4th grade. They don’t want their kids to be forgotten which is what happens. If the principal and vice principle truly cared about all the kids they would put resources into the gened classroom also to give those kids the same level education and expectation which I’m sure all those kids could meet and succeed given the chance. [/quote]

This sounds horrible. Has the environment improved or does the same divide still exist? [/quote]

The quoted part is pure fiction, but it will continue to permeate this thread like it always does. I have three kids (one currently at CRES, two in HS), and we absolutely love the school. None of my kids were in AAP.[/quote]

I didn’t write the post in question, but I agree with it. There is most definitely a social divide between AAP and GE at CRES. Center schools are the worst. They perpetuate the notion that one group is “smarter” than the other and it’s unhealthy for all kids. What would be far better are flexible groupings in which kids could move around according to their abilities. FCPS has done a huge disservice by segregating kids like this.[/quote]

But that’s not how it is at Colvin Run. 67% of the student body is in gen ed. My kids were in gen ed and were treated equally by the staff and teachers; their friends never treated them poorly for being in gen ed. I think it’s *parents* that create the social divide. (There was also NOT a marked decrease in enrollment in 3rd grade due to AAP — that’s just ridiculous.)[/quote]

I disagree. The *perception* is that the vast majority of kids there are in AAP. When my kids attended, there were more AAP classes per grade than GE classes - the GE kids were most definitely outnumbered in grades 3-6. In no way should this be occurring. And the AAP kids were very much derisive about GE kids. This was about four years ago. We were very glad to move onto middle school, and even more so high school, where kids can choose for themselves what level to take.