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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a GE student in a center school.  The school has more AAP classes than GE classes.  Some grades have a 5-2 split, others have a 4-3 split.

I don't see any different behavioral issues with the GE students and AAP students.  Since the kids were in the same classes K-2, I can't say that the best or worst were disproportionately selected for AAP.  Well and poor behaved are in both.

I would say the most difficult aspect for the school is the divide between the children.  They are in separate classes.  The specials are only with the children in their class.  They eat lunch together, but are in assigned sits with children from their class.  This creates a huge division in the school.  My GE student is not really friends with many of his friends from K-2 that are now in AAP.

The biggest issue for our GE student is his feelings about himself.  He received pull-outs for math and language arts in 1st and 2nd (and still does as a Level III student).  Since he was getting pull-outs in 1st and 2nd, he believed he was one of the smarter students in the class.  He now feels he's not very smart.  It has been a struggle for us to keep up his self-esteem with regard to school.  We try not to dwell on the issue, and tell him he is smart.  In truth, he scored in the 80th and 90th percentile on the screening tests.  He just struggles with believing us when we tell him since more kids in his school are in AAP than in GE.  [/quote]

I could have written all of the above.  Totally agree, especially re: behavioral issues.  There are poorly behaved kids in all schools and classes, regardless of AAP/GE "designation".

Having a GE child at a center school is, frankly, the pits.  The kids were all friends in K-2, showing no noticeable differences.  Then, all of a sudden, 3rd grade rolls around and they are completely segregated.  The principal tries to make it seem all sunny by noting how the kids are "mixed" in specials, but it doesn't really make a difference; by then, all the kids know who is AAP and who is GE and that division follows them all the way through elementary school.  The assigned seating at lunch is the worst; then the kids can't even sit with friends in other classes.  It makes no sense.

These children are too similar to be dividing them up as early as third grade; or ever, in my opinion.  Yes, advanced classes need to be offered, but to any student who is capable of doing the work, and there are so many extremely bright and capable kids in GE.

AAP has created such a divide among the kids and parents, something that you didn't see a few years ago when it was GT and the numbers accepted were far smaller.  FCPS should be ashamed at the way in which they have labeled and segregated these very similar kids into two separate groups.  [/quote]

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