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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are new to FCPS and public schools in general since our DC will be joining FPCS this year. So in FCPS how does it work at the AAP/GT center school. Are the GT kids and the gen ed kids in same class or they have seperate classes ? Also what is the difference academics wise ?[/quote]

In an AAP center school, an AAP class is all AAP-qualified kids. General ed kids are not in that class. But schools that are not AAP centers might have "Level IV services" which provide AAP instruction to a class of kids, and that class (in some cases) can include some general ed kids. Some schools, I hear, are moving toward mixing AAP qualified kids and general ed kids in classes but the situation is potentially different in every school. AAP and general ed students always mix in "specials" like music, chorus, orchestra, band, gym, and more. To find out differences in academics, you really need the AAP teachers to show you how the do things differently. Generally speaking the curriculum is the same but the ways things are taught and the things asked and expected of the students are different in AAP.

So, the important thing is: [u]Ask FCPS.[/u] Go on their web site and look up AAP and Level IV to find out. Go talk to the administration and teachers at your child's school. Please do not rely on this forum to get a general idea about AAP! Many parents post on here just to express their hate for it while others post obsessively to figure out how to get their kids into it -- two very extreme perspectives. But our experience is that AAP is NOT the hotbed of parent maneuvering and snobbery that some people paint it as being in the posts on DCUM. Our experience for the past four years has been good, both educationally and socially, for our child, and I can say (to tie it to the main question) that our AAP center school actually works hard to have all-grade events that constantly bring AAP and general ed students together. I have never seen any teasing or bullying based on "I'm in AAP and you're not, ha!" attitudes. [/quote]

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