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It's not that they are excluded. It's that they do not need the program and are better in the general education classes. The program has always been like this, this isn't new.

- parent of one kid who needs the program and one who doesn't. [/quote]

That is some serious BS.  You're deluding yourself if you think that most of the kids in AAP need the program and couldn't be educated in a regular classroom.  Most school systems across the country can educate the kids who are somewhat advanced and have IQs around 120 in a regular classroom.  What makes FCPS so special that somewhat bright, somewhat advanced kids are not educable without a special program?

A kid with a 135 IQ is in the 99th percentile and is gifted by any definition.  If that kid is not exhibiting "gifted traits" in a regular classroom or is not advanced, that kid actually needs a gifted program more than your somewhat above average, somewhat bright, organized people pleaser with the high GBRS.  The 135 IQ, low GBRS kid is demonstrating that the general education classroom is a terrible fit for that kid, while the somewhat advanced, high GBRS kid is demonstrating that they will bloom wherever they're planted.

- Parent of one kid who doesn't need AAP, got in anyway, and is indistinguishable from all of the other kids in AAP (who also don't need AAP despite their parents' delusions), and one kid who needs AAP but effectively didn't receive it due to the watering down of the program.[/quote]

No, the 135 IQ high GBRS kid with all 4s who is doing great in school doesn't need AAP. The 132 kid or 142 kid however might need it.  And since every kid needs classmates, plenty of 120 kids are admitted too.

It's a long standing pattern. There are always the outlier kids who are clearly gifted and not admitted. Why? Because those kids are great kids who will be successful anywhere and everywhere. Other gifted kids might not be. This is my theory, you may have a different one.[/quote]

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