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[quote=Anonymous]I'd love to see a chart showing the increase in the percentage of AAP students in FCPS over time.  My sense is that it has accelerated quite a bit, due to a combination of concerns over the economy and the changing demographics in the county.  It is increasingly less about delivering services to the small percentage of truly gifted learners who would be bored and even potentially disruptive in a normal classroom, and more about anxious white and Asian parents seeking to differentiate their children from others who purportedly care less about education.

Be that as it may, FCPS seems to be tying itself up in knots trying to placate parents, and it may be time to hit the reset button, particularly if doing so might allow the county to make more efficient use of its current facilities.  The discussion at Haycock exemplifies this:  some parents have screamed and yelled about FCPS's lack of foresight in failing to make plans to renovate Haycock to accommodate over 1,000 students, yet the county now expects there to be extra capacity at several schools in McLean and Great Falls in the coming years.  But those parents don't want to hear this, because they treat Haycock like the single life boat as the Titanic goes down.  It will be interesting to see the new Superintendant's views on this topic.

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