FCPS email: AAP Level IV Centers
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From: Fairfax County Public Schools <FCPSkit@fcps.edu>
Sent: Thu, Jun 5, 2014 12:12 pm Subject: AAP Level IV Centers A message from FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Dear AAP Parents, We have received a number of inquiries from parents of students in our Advanced Academic Program (AAP) expressing concern about a recommendation contained in the year-end report prepared by the Facilities Planning Advisory Council (FPAC). FPAC advises the School Board and staff about the effective and efficient use of our facilities. In their annual report, FPAC recommended discontinuing the full-time Level IV AAP centers at Greenbriar West Elementary and Carson Middle School as a way to relieve overcrowding at those two schools. FPAC presented its annual report to the School Board at a public meeting last evening. If the School Board were to pursue any of the recommendations being proposed by FPAC, there is a well established process that would allow for public input and comment. There are no formal recommendations to close any full-time AAP centers being made by my office or FCPS staff. Thank you very much for your help in sharing this information in your communities. Sincerely, Karen K. Garza Superintendent Fairfax County Public Schools |
Anonymous
| LOL, in case there was any question as to which group has the power in this county. Silly FPAC. |
Anonymous
And your point is? I'm glad she sent out the communication - short, timely and to the point. Realistically, FPAC provides the School Board with input on planning issues at an earlier point than it otherwise might have received, and it gives the School Board "cover" if it happens to pursue an unpopular course of action that FPAC had recommended or supported. But the FPAC parents are just a handful of local residents with limited time and resources, and a lot of what FPAC comes up with is just a laundry list of priorities and potential changes that haven't been thoroughly vetted. |
Anonymous
Why do you (or FPAC members for that matter) even accept the job if you don't have time and resources? It's not like people are begging you to be on FPAC. Not a good disguise to carry out your agenda! |
Anonymous
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So, reading their annual report, facilities refused to share the CIP with FPAC and now Garza sends this in response to their AAP pilot proposal?
Ouch. |
Anonymous
| Not to mention the (FCAG) Fairfax County Association of the Gifted urged it's members to write to the school board in protest. FCPS always[i] bows down to this group. |
Anonymous
| I don't see it as a slap down. It is a memo meant to quell rumors until the established procedure is started. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
+2. It appears that some misunderstand FPAC's limited role and purpose. |
Anonymous
they show up to speak at the Board meetings too |
Anonymous
| I don't know about Carson but I do know that GBW is very over crowded. I can't see the AAP center there being closed down but what if parents of schools that have level IV AAP had to stay at their school. Poplar Tree will have gr 3 level IV next year. I bet if Colin Powell and Poplar Tree had to stay at their schools for their own Level IV it would make a big difference at GBW. |
Anonymous
It's true. I hear that they use a special algorithm that allows them to reserve all the time slots for speakers well before anyone else even knows the slots are available. But they are gifted, you know, so no surprises there, I guess. |
Anonymous
What? Parents advocating for their own students? Really? I am shocked! Who would recommend such a thing? http://www.fcps.edu/parents/toolkit/index.shtml |
Anonymous
well you know special interest groups how they are. |
Anonymous
+1,000 |