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[quote=Anonymous]Although, fcps had a meeting a few years back (I think 2012) where they did a presentation about restructuring AAP. They spent a couple slide discussing how they were trying to bring underrepresented minority groups into AAP. It was around tye time of the TJ lawsuit and the extraordinarily large bumper crop of the current sixth graders.

So while race is not a factor in admissions, having more black and hispanic students in AAP is certainly a goal of fcps.

I personally think fcps should give automatic admittance by pyramid of the top 98 or 99% scorers in that pyramid, and require the rest of the kids who hit the benchmark score to apply. I think that would boost minority enrollment in pyramids like Lee and Mt. Vernon, and also help address the lack of critical mass in tuose areas.

FCPS is a huge district. In most states each pyramid or cluster would be its own separate school district. Many of the kids who cannot qualify for AAP when their scores are pooled with higher performing areas like Langley or even solid areas like Burke, would easily qualify for tye gifted program if their poorer pyramids were stand alone districts.

Just my two cents.[/quote]

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