What will be the future purpose of "Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)" forum

[Anonymous]

AAP is going to be watered down. I mean every school is now going to be center school. Everyone can get into AAP.
No purpose of TJ , as it is going to be diluted with lottery selection on not best of the best.

So, is there a place for this forum in future ?

[Anonymous]

FCPS has been moving towards Local Level IV everywhere for years. Parents want this and some in the administration want this. Garza was not supportive of it but she has moved on and now there are no roadblocks.

Parents at some ES will be happy, because they prefer shorter bus rides to a robust center program with several AAP classes per grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AAP is going to be watered down. I mean every school is now going to be center school. Everyone can get into AAP.
No purpose of TJ , as it is going to be diluted with lottery selection on not best of the best.

So, is there a place for this forum in future ?

AAP has been watered down by the county for the past 5 to 10 years. And it will just continue to be watered down. AAP is the new Gen Ed. I taught general education for years. I'm using the same material that I used 15 years ago in general education for my current AA students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AAP is going to be watered down. I mean every school is now going to be center school. Everyone can get into AAP.
No purpose of TJ , as it is going to be diluted with lottery selection on not best of the best.

So, is there a place for this forum in future ?

AAP has been watered down by the county for the past 5 to 10 years. And it will just continue to be watered down. AAP is the new Gen Ed. I taught general education for years. I'm using the same material that I used 15 years ago in general education for my current AA students.

Socratic Seminar, Jacob's Ladder, M3? I didn't realize that gen ed classes were doing that 15 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Eh as long as they don't water down the curriculum any further I don't care

[Anonymous]

Maybe we can have an actual gifted forum. Like kids reading at age 2. Algebra I in 5th grade. Middle schoolers writing novels...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AAP is going to be watered down. I mean every school is now going to be center school. Everyone can get into AAP.
No purpose of TJ , as it is going to be diluted with lottery selection on not best of the best.

So, is there a place for this forum in future ?

AAP has been watered down by the county for the past 5 to 10 years. And it will just continue to be watered down. AAP is the new Gen Ed. I taught general education for years. I'm using the same material that I used 15 years ago in general education for my current AA students.

Socratic Seminar, Jacob's Ladder, M3? I didn't realize that gen ed classes were doing that 15 years ago.

You are just referring to pre-packages programs.
Yes, Socratic seminars have been used for decades - even in Gen Ed.
Jacob's Ladder is a reading comprehension tool. All teachers use summary, character and theme questions - all the same questions that we've been using forever are just now packaged in a book.

PLEASE. LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we can have an actual gifted forum. Like kids reading at age 2. Algebra I in 5th grade. Middle schoolers writing novels...

No. Cuz then not everyone could get their kids in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh as long as they don't water down the curriculum any further I don't care

It can't get any more watered down than it is. As of two years ago, teachers are only required to execute one AA activity per quarter. Not one each subject per quarter - one activity for the WHOLE quarter. Of course, some teachers do more, but that is the minimum requirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AAP is going to be watered down. I mean every school is now going to be center school. Everyone can get into AAP.
No purpose of TJ , as it is going to be diluted with lottery selection on not best of the best.

So, is there a place for this forum in future ?

So you mean only AAP students go to TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh as long as they don't water down the curriculum any further I don't care

It can't get any more watered down than it is. As of two years ago, teachers are only required to execute one AA activity per quarter. Not one each subject per quarter - one activity for the WHOLE quarter. Of course, some teachers do more, but that is the minimum requirement.

What is AA?

[Anonymous]

This is not a TJ forum. Also AAP still exists. Our local base school still doesn’t offer adv math until 5th grade so local level iv looks a long way off from where I sit and we will still hope for AAP at center for our youngest child (older kids already in).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not a TJ forum. Also AAP still exists. Our local base school still doesn’t offer adv math until 5th grade so local level iv looks a long way off from where I sit and we will still hope for AAP at center for our youngest child (older kids already in).

AAP will soon face the same fate as TJ.

[Anonymous]

Exactly, if everyone can get into AAP and TJ is lottery, what is the purpose of this forum ? How else can parents motivate their children to compete in academics ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a TJ forum. Also AAP still exists. Our local base school still doesn’t offer adv math until 5th grade so local level iv looks a long way off from where I sit and we will still hope for AAP at center for our youngest child (older kids already in).

AAP will soon face the same fate as TJ.

No it won't. They are two totally different programs/schools with totally different purposes.

I don't know why people think they have anything to do with each other. Their admissions don't, didn't in the past and won't in the future. Unless you're talking about 3rd graders who are so advanced that they go to TJ instead of a center school?