What percentage of schools have either a center or local leve 4 class?

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely pick the center. We were at one of the schools that overnight became Local Level 4 and almost the entire class was "principal placed". It really was just that too. The principal decided who was in the class. It was filled with kids whose parents were tight with the admin and most had older children that had been with the school for years. The students would joke around and make remarks about how easy it was for them to get in. The class was not ran at any sort of AAP level and was doing the exact same projects and classwork as the non Local Level 4 classes. We were told at orientation it would be different and it wasn't. Every child who was principal placed in the class was able to apply for Level 4 after the year and every single one was accepted. Even the parents who were told that they should not apply (by the teacher) did apply, and did get accepted.

That doesn't make sense. The AAP decisions are made by central admin, not the principal.

There can be principal placed students in LLIV if the school doesn’t have enough kids for a full LLIV AAP class.

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Anonymous wrote:There are 64 ES with LLIV and 29 Centers, by my count. There are 141 ES, so that means there are 48 with no LIV AAP.

Some of those without local level IV are Magnet schools and language immersion schools. The school does not have the room or the resources to hav e three programs.

And some of them are just crappy gen ed schools that have nothing.

I would say mine is crappy but it’s too small for LLIV. It’s an intellectual disability hub which I think is important and that is not reflected in a positive way in the great schools score.

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Anonymous wrote:There are 64 ES with LLIV and 29 Centers, by my count. There are 141 ES, so that means there are 48 with no LIV AAP.

Some of those without local level IV are Magnet schools and language immersion schools. The school does not have the room or the resources to hav e three programs.

And some of them are just crappy gen ed schools that have nothing.

I would say mine is crappy but it’s too small for LLIV. It’s an intellectual disability hub which I think is important and that is not reflected in a positive way in the great schools score.

I meant to say i would NOT say my base school is crappy.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as I know, it’s up to the principal if they want to do LLIV.

Can anyone confirm this? It sounds plausible, but I have my doubts based on our experience at the base school. We lose A LOT of students to the center each year (no LLIV). The base school is located in an affluent neighborhood and I would think the homeowners and principal would have a vested interest in not having the test scores tank, but that's what's been happening.

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There are some schools that are "local level 4" that have 12 students in the whole school that are "level 4" -- not 12 in one grade, but in the WHOLE school.

What kind of AAP experience is that going to be when there are 3 kids per grade who qualified? I don't even know how they can call themselves "Local Level 4."

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Anonymous wrote:There are some schools that are "local level 4" that have 12 students in the whole school that are "level 4" -- not 12 in one grade, but in the WHOLE school.

What kind of AAP experience is that going to be when there are 3 kids per grade who qualified? I don't even know how they can call themselves "Local Level 4."

One that hugely benefits the next tier of bright kids at the school? I would take it gladly at our school.

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Anonymous wrote:There are some schools that are "local level 4" that have 12 students in the whole school that are "level 4" -- not 12 in one grade, but in the WHOLE school.

What kind of AAP experience is that going to be when there are 3 kids per grade who qualified? I don't even know how they can call themselves "Local Level 4."

One that hugely benefits the next tier of bright kids at the school? I would take it gladly at our school.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:There are some schools that are "local level 4" that have 12 students in the whole school that are "level 4" -- not 12 in one grade, but in the WHOLE school.

What kind of AAP experience is that going to be when there are 3 kids per grade who qualified? I don't even know how they can call themselves "Local Level 4."

One that hugely benefits the next tier of bright kids at the school? I would take it gladly at our school.

Agree 100%. If FCPS is trying to expand access to the AAP curriculum, they should be offering local level 4 in every school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some schools that are "local level 4" that have 12 students in the whole school that are "level 4" -- not 12 in one grade, but in the WHOLE school.

What kind of AAP experience is that going to be when there are 3 kids per grade who qualified? I don't even know how they can call themselves "Local Level 4."

One that hugely benefits the next tier of bright kids at the school? I would take it gladly at our school.

Agree 100%. If FCPS is trying to expand access to the AAP curriculum, they should be offering local level 4 in every school.

I’m ok with them offering LLIV at every school instead of the centers for the most part. I think the format would have to be changed though and have rotations for core classes rather than one “good” class in each grade - which is how I fear it would turn out at many smaller FCPS schools.

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Anonymous wrote:As far as I know, it’s up to the principal if they want to do LLIV.

That is correct but the are still tracked on the school profile pages as Not level 4. So you can find out if the local center is really a handful of real level 4 and 90 principal placed gened.