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You're making that statement because you don't really understand what the LIV AAP program at FCPS entails.  It is NOT a true gifted program.  There are pages and pages of threads on this almost every single year.  You're confusing the program to meet the needs of a truly gifted child.  If your child is in the 140+ WISC range, FCPS is not the solution for your child.  I'm sorry you believe that paying taxes is all that is necessary for your child to get the benefit of the LIV AAP program, but that's not how it works.  The same can be said for TJ.[/quote]

Nope.  I fully understand what the LIV AAP program entails, and I have a highly gifted kid for whom it wasn't the right solution.  FCPS really needs to work on its messaging and outreach.  Right now, they're telling parents of kids with high IQ scores that their kids aren't good enough for AAP and will be fine in gen ed.  They also have the party line that AAP is enough to meet the needs of any gifted learner.  If instead, they sent rejections to kids with a designation that the kid was too advanced for the program to be a good fit, and then offered a meeting time with a gifted liaison who would help the families navigate resources that would help their specific child have his or her needs met, that would be an entirely different thing than essentially recommending FCPS gen ed for these highly gifted kids.

I wasted 1st-4th grade for my highly gifted DC, because FCPS told me in 1st and 2nd that my child would find a peer group and be challenged in AAP.  They also gave the impression that Fairfax was filled with gifted children, and AAP would be a true gifted program.  After one year in AAP, I assumed that maybe my kid just had a bad teacher.  During the 2nd year, my DC was constantly complaining that school was really boring, they didn't learn anything, were picked on by the other kids for being too smart and too nerdy, and they wanted to be homeschooled.

tl;dr: FCPS needs to stop lying about what AAP is and whether they are able or willing to educate highly gifted children.  [/quote]

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