Highly gifted program MCPS & AAP FCPS

[Anonymous]

Which one will you prefer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which one will you prefer?

the programs are tough to compare. the MCPS is a program for highly gifted kids so it is extremely difficult to get into. the AAP program has a much lower threshold -- so much so that many people reapply for their kids year after year until they get in. Most of the kids in the MCPS HGP are very special. Not so here in FCPS.

[Anonymous]

What is MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is MCPS

Montgomery County Public Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which one will you prefer?

the programs are tough to compare. the MCPS is a program for highly gifted kids so it is extremely difficult to get into. the AAP program has a much lower threshold -- so much so that many people reapply for their kids year after year until they get in. Most of the kids in the MCPS HGP are very special. Not so here in FCPS.

+100
Spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which one will you prefer?

the programs are tough to compare. the MCPS is a program for highly gifted kids so it is extremely difficult to get into. the AAP program has a much lower threshold -- so much so that many people reapply for their kids year after year until they get in. Most of the kids in the MCPS HGP are very special. Not so here in FCPS.

+100
Spot on.

I live in MC and works in FC, and have been wondering why all my colleague's DC get in GT, now it makes sense

[Anonymous]

People in MoCo complain that their are not enough spots but it keeps the program very challenging. People in Fairfax celebrate their kids acceptance but are not sure how accelerated it is. I guess MoCo is better if your child gets in but they are much less likley to get in. It is about the top 3-4%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People in MoCo complain that their are not enough spots but it keeps the program very challenging. People in Fairfax celebrate their kids acceptance but are not sure how accelerated it is. I guess MoCo is better if your child gets in but they are much less likley to get in. It is about the top 3-4%

This is exactly how FCPS should treat AAP. Then perhaps people would take it more seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in MoCo complain that their are not enough spots but it keeps the program very challenging. People in Fairfax celebrate their kids acceptance but are not sure how accelerated it is. I guess MoCo is better if your child gets in but they are much less likley to get in. It is about the top 3-4%

This is exactly how FCPS should treat AAP. Then perhaps people would take it more seriously.

Why? Why is 15% acceptance not serious?

[Anonymous]

The Gifted: Left Behind?
With a new curriculum aimed at meeting the needs of more students, parents of advanced learners fear their kids are getting short shrift


http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2012/The-Gifted-Left-Behind/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

[Anonymous]

Now that I understand why my friend whose son was accepted in the MCPS gifted program making it such a big deal out of it! Tired of hearing the same thing again and again !

[Anonymous]

MCPS parent of two in GTCs. IMO to meet the needs of MCPS students the number of GT slots should be increased to a percentage somewhere between mcps and fcps aap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The Gifted: Left Behind?
With a new curriculum aimed at meeting the needs of more students, parents of advanced learners fear their kids are getting short shrift


http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2012/The-Gifted-Left-Behind/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc

"Left Behind"??? All anyone talks about is their "gifted" kids, or how they should be considered "gifted". The focus is always on these kids. If anything, the general population is being left behind and it's time for the focus to shift back.

[Anonymous]

I would think that all students, general, advanced or struggling, deserve to receive an appropriate level of education to have the opportunity to be productive citizens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think that all students, general, advanced or struggling, deserve to receive an appropriate level of education to have the opportunity to be productive citizens.

I'm good with that standard. Do you really think that most gifted kids or "gifted" kids are at risk of not becoming productive citizens?

I tested well into the gifted range, and grew up in schools without gifted programs, well except for a few years when I attended a school with a program that you had to test into in 9th grade. Since I transferred in at 10th, I didn't participate.

Nonetheless, I am a productive, tax paying citizen.