Is this the beginning of the end for Level IV AAP?

[Anonymous]

"...a pilot that will put Level IV Advanced Academic Placement (AAP) curriculum in every third- through sixth-grade classroom of one Fairfax County pyramid..."

http://forthunt.patch.com/articles/curriculum-plan-raises-issues-of-equity-communication

[Anonymous]

yup

[Anonymous]

So, in a nutshell, McLean elementary schools are going to be using the level IV AAP curriculum for all 3-6th grade classrooms starting this fall.
What about Haycock? Will the Level IV center kids there still be in the center, or will they just blend them in with everyone else?

[Anonymous]

Someone on the FCAG Yahoo group implied that this is currently in place at their school. I am not sure exactly what school, though.

[Anonymous]

I have to say that I have always wondered why the AAP curriculum is so much better. Frankly, it's harder (I assume) but some of it's not THAT hard. I think other students could definitely benefit form the approach. I have a child in the AAP center and I love it, so I'd be sad to see the centers go away, but I do think it would be nice for the other children in the county to be able to have the same opportunity.

FWIW, I think the AAP teachers are the best part of AAP (at least at our center). They definitely can't replicate that at our base school, where every teacher my kids have had has been a dud.

[Anonymous]

Just think how relieved you FFX parents will be without all the testing, test prep, in-pool letters. No more differentiation! That is an outstanding result!

[Anonymous]

After all, every one of our FFX kids is above average.

[Anonymous]

It will be great for the masses, but not so much for the kids who genuinely needed the program.

[Anonymous]

Haven't they heard of a bell curve? Why get rid of the regular program when most of the students need it?

[Anonymous]

Will this decrease farms

[Anonymous]

because they're sick of the prepping and the drama and the tiger moms

[Anonymous]

Not sure how you think that'll stop tiger moms from being tiger moms. They'll still be working out how to push their kids to the top, regardless of how its judged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be great for the masses, but not so much for the kids who genuinely needed the program.

Shorter you: The posers ruined it for my snowflake.

[Anonymous]

The irony is that all this prepping and pushing has led to the opposite of what the parents wanted. Instead of getting their kid into the program, they've managed to get the program disbanded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"...a pilot that will put Level IV Advanced Academic Placement (AAP) curriculum in every third- through sixth-grade classroom of one Fairfax County pyramid..."

http://forthunt.patch.com/articles/curriculum-plan-raises-issues-of-equity-communication

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The board agreed to discuss the AAP pilot program and its implications at an April work session; in May, it will discuss how information about pilot programs and curriculum changes are communicated to the board and how heavily it wants to be involved in their implementation.

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Time to write to the School Board.