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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another word of advice- if your kid does not make AAP, you need to be on the teachers and administration of your school like white on rice. GE kids get the worst of all deals in FCPS. They are marginalized and disregarded. I know this is alarming, but sadly it’s true. [/quote]

No, it is not. Lots of kids in Gen Ed take honors classes in MS and AP/IB classes in HS. They go on to good colleges and have good to great lives.

80% of the kids in FCPS are not in AAP. They are not marginalized or disregarded. They have excellent opportunities. Parents of kids in Gen Ed who think that their kids need more can apply for AAP in any grade. They can ask the AART to look at their kid for Level II and III services. If they are strong in math they can ask about Advanced Math.

But the vast majority of kids do very well out of Gen Ed. I would guess that HS Teachers would not know the kids who were in AAP vs the kids from Gen Ed in their AP/IB classes. 
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DP.  I agree with you once the kids hit high school - there truly is no difference between the vast majority of students, and all the kids are able to take honors and AP classes, if they choose.  However, the PP is correct if we're talking about elementary school.  [b]GE kids - especially those who are unlucky enough to have to attend AAP centers - are second class citizens.  This is true.[/b]  [/quote]

Another DP and not the person to whom you're responding. This is another big generalization, to say this as if it applies to all AAP center schools universally. If it was your child's experience, I'm sorry, and that's a genuinely poor experience. But it's not every experience, everywhere. [/quote]

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