How much percentage of AAP kids go to TJ and how much of non AAP?
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Anonymous
Gen-Ed students have taken compacted math in many schools for years. My eldest is about to start college took compacted math in ES and it wasn't a new thing. |
Anonymous
And back then,. they had to pass the 8th grade SOL to gain access to 7th Grade Algebra Honors (in addition to the Iowa score). |
Anonymous
In theory, compacted math is supposed to be available for every elementary student in FCPS that qualifies. In practice, there are many schools who have so few kids who qualify that it is difficult to make it happen. At our base school, "compacted math" was a 2 days a week pullout that didn't happen half the time because of various conflicts. |
Anonymous
The county has been very un-equal in this -- so you should count yourself and your children lucky. I know for a fact, that until last fall, my kids' ES (non center/non Level4) was the only school in our pyramid that offered 3rd-6th adv. math. There was one other ES that offered it in 6th grade only. I believe, starting last fall that school and one other school now offer 3rd -6th adv. math. I think there is at least one other ES that does not offer it at all. I don't think it's a matter of kids "qualifying" for it. B/c really, there are capable children in every school. It's a matter of priorities. In some areas of the county, parents aren't really pushing for things like this and principals are happy not to spend money on an AART or other math teacher to teach it. |
Anonymous
+1 Site-based management wins, no matter what the parents demand of FCPS (or central office states is a requirement, such as advanced math at all elementary schools). |
Anonymous
It was like this at DC's center school - only level IV AAP received full time advanced math. I complained, and complained, and complained some more. At first I was told that GEN ED students couldn't be in the same class as level IV AAP. I couldn't understand why, since they would be in the same math in middle school if the students qualified. I also asked how they were complying with the mandate that all students have access to advanced math - that includes being on track to take the 7th grade SOL in 6th grade to qualify for algebra. DC was provided fulltime advanced services with his class (gen Ed) where they grouped the kids throughout by ability. Starting the next year, the center school grouped all the students - AAP and GEN ED together by ability. DC is in a class with mostly Level IV AAP students. Some of the Level IV AAP students who are not strong in math are in the lower groups. |
Anonymous
Not #1 anymore... |
Anonymous
Number 1 high school in the country by Newsweek. |
Anonymous
How did you complain to get changes made? Letters? Conference? |
Anonymous
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So are kids who are non-AAP at a disadvantage. My son recently told us that he wanted to go to TJ for sometime now.
Would huim not being in AAP hurt his application. He is going into Geometry this year. |
Anonymous
let’s look at it this way. An AAP centre like Rachel Carson will get 65-70 kids into TJ each year. A nearby MS, like Franklin (with open “honours” no less) will get in 3, So does that tell you what you want to know? |
Anonymous
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In the last admission cycle:
Carson. 88 Longfellow 66 Rock Run 45 So these three Middle Scool Centers account for half of FCPS's TJ admits. And Carson alone is 20-25%. So yes, apparently AAP matters. |
Anonymous
| ^^also, note that Carson & Rocky Run are almost 2/3 AAP. Longfellow is more than 1/2. |
Anonymous
| Carson also had a 100% pass rate on the SOLs last year in Algebra, Geometry & Algebra II (and many non-AAP kids will take at least Algebra). So they are doing something very right in terms of math education. |