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Except AAP is not some specialized program for gifted kids. It’s AAP. [/quote]
Except AAP is what FCPS uses to meet the gifted mandate set forth by the Virginia DOE.  Thus it by definition is intended to serve the needs of gifted kids.[/quote]

The gifted mandate is worthless. They could and many districts do serve the gifted population with a weekly 1-hr pullout. AAP is designed to meet different needs. [/quote]
What different needs?  I didn't realize that slightly above average, hothoused, UMC kids had any special needs that necessitated removal from a regular classroom.  Most of those kids will bloom wherever they're planted.  Gifted kids actually have different needs which can't be met in the regular classroom or in a weekly 1 hour pullout.  So, what's the point of AAP if it's not to serve the needs of gifted kids rather than the wants of UMC parents?[/quote]

Gifted kids already won the genetic lottery of being extremely intelligent.  We need to reconsider why their needs are superior to the needs on the general student population.  There are now so many free resources that parents of gifted kids can avail themselves of now, the schools should be allocating resources to serve the greatest number of kids while still differentiating.  FCPS seems to have adopted that model.  I agree with it. [/quote]

I agree with FCPS's expanded gifted program model, but I disagree that "being extremely intelligent" is winning the genetic lottery.  There are certainly some gifted kids who are "the whole package", mature, kind, extremely bright and creative, socially adept, etc.  But so many, including mine, are not.  And those kids' needs are not superior to the needs of the general student population but they are a bit different.  Which is the point.  [/quote]

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