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[quote=Anonymous]Rocky Run Middle is culturally diverse.  It's an AAP center, which pulls kids in from different areas.  Honestly though, most of the diversity is from Asian students - not many African American students.  The county has stats of this sort about all of the schools on their website, if you're interested in getting more exact numbers.  The school is high-performing and the principal, Mr. Terrell - rocks!  He is the best administrator I've ever encountered ANYWHERE.  One of my kids currently attends and the other is in HS now.

I want to correct what a PP said about AAP center schools.  Not all kids that attend are in the AAP program.  If you are not "in the program" you can choose to take any subject as a general education course or as an honor's level course.  Honors courses are completely equal to AAP courses at Rocky Run.  I can say this with confidence having had two kids in honors who have friends in AAP.  There is NO difference in curriculum.  There used to be a few extra projects (exactly 2  - one in 7th and one in 8th) but now they are having the honors kids do those projects as well.  The AAP kids have to take all AAP/honors level courses and cannot opt out - that's the difference.

Best of luck.[/quote]

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