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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here we go again, why come on this forum if your child is not in AAP and you don't have a basic understanding of the need for the program?! [b] "Different" is not special or better.  It's just appropriate education for each and every public school child as suits their needs. [/b] We should all be happy to be in a school system that seeks to provide appropriate challenge & education for every child.

OP, to answer your question, FCPS allows teachers 5 years to obtain the additional training for AAP education.  Since many teachers move in and out of AAP classrooms, the number of teachers with long-time AAP experience and/or certification is very low & seems to me to be decreasing (I say this as FCPS of many years).  As previous posters said, quality varies just as with GE classroom teachers.[/quote]

I understand the "need" for the program for a minority in it; the "want" for the program by the majority. Different, increasingly does mean better for children who are no more "advanced" or "smarter" than many kids in GE.  I think that's what rankles.

btw, I had a child in GT and continue to be involved with his school, so I am very aware of the program and the course of its evolution.   if AAP was still a program for kids who really "needed" it, I don't think most people would care.[/quote]

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