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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP isn’t tracking. It’s segregation. [/quote]

This is such a stupid post.[/quote]

I agree with the PP. It seems more like a workaround for segregation based on SES.[/quote]

That would only be the case at Title 1 or near Title 1 schools and in that case you are talking about families that cannot afford to buy in higher SES schools so more of a poor and slightly less poor or slightly less poor and lower middle class.

My friends who could afford a bigger house in an area with a Title 1 school moved to an area that was more solidly MC with a smaller FARMs population and accepted a larger house payment because they wanted better schools and realized that the Title 1 school was not going to meet their kids needs.

[b]MC and UMC families are not buying houses in Title 1 and near Title 1 schools. [/b]Or if they do, they send their kids to private schools with the money they save on the mortgage. Most of the parents who are complaining about kids with 140 test scores not being accepted into AAP are likely in MC or UMC schools that are pretty solid. There will be exceptions to that rule, of course, but for the most part the people complaining are more upset that there are some schools were kids with lower scores are being accepted into AAP while kids with higher scores in their schools are not accepted.

Economic segregation already happens, AAP is not really playing that role. [/quote]

The bolded point is flat out wrong.  My kids' Title I school has about 45% FARMS.  The other 55% is mostly middle and upper middle class families.  A lot of MC people prioritize house size and commute over great schools ratings.   Or they bought well before they had kids and weren't paying attention to schools.   [/quote]

And that is on them. They have the money to move if they want. I had friends who choose to move and I had one friend who was desperately trying to get her kid into AAP or a magnate program. If you choose a larger house over the quality of your school, that is on you. I have no real sympathy. [/quote]

I'm not assigning judgment or blame.  I'm just correcting the incorrect assumption that Title I schools are filled entirely with poor through lower middle class kids and high SES schools are filled with wealthy kids.  There are UMC kids attending every single FCPS school.  I know of several UMC kids who graduated from Annandale HS and Justice HS.  They aren't all fleeing for wealthier schools.  Likewise, there are FARMS kids in the high SES schools.  There are also LMC but not quite FARMS kids.

None of the FCPS schools are *that* bad, and few of the high SES schools are good enough to justify selling your house and moving.  My kids' Title I school was actually quite lovely with many dedicated teachers and many advanced opportunities.  Yes, the GS rating was low due to the ESOL and FARMs kids failing the SOLs, but that didn't impact the education delivered to the middle class kids.  Most of the kids who left for the AAP center could have easily had their needs met in gen ed + advanced math at the local Title I school.  Now that the school has LLIV, almost no one leaves for the center.

Most of the dcum posters seem to be people with their children in wealthy schools who are making a lot of wildly incorrect assumptions about the Title I schools.  [/quote]

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