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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our AAP center experience has been amazing and absolutely life changing for our DC. My other DC isn’t in AAP and doesn’t need it. They are happy and there isn’t some kind of smart / dumb type of animosity in our house.

Inevitably, my guess is the SB will probably move to dismantle the center system as LLIV is finally up and running everywhere. And even more, my guess is that LLIV will probably be moved to the cluster model in most places due to the segregation like optics of separate classes which really aren’t any better than separate schools if we look at it through an equity lens.

Given all the issues present in many low SES/ middle SES elementary schools, the cluster model will likely result in poorer outcomes for those kids.

I’m just happy my DC will have received a top notch elementary/MS education before the AAP system is changed. Sorry some kids said some mean things though.[/quote]

Could you explain how your center experience has been life changing?  My kid attended an AAP center and was still underwhelmed by everything.  He felt like he learned more in 3 hours of AoPS math and language arts classes than he did in an entire week of school.  My kid's center was at best mildly accelerated and largely still filled with the station model for math, reading groups that never saw the teacher, lots of busywork, and lots of powerpoint presentations.  I know that not all centers are the same, and I'm curious about what your center did differently to make the experience life changing for your kid.  [/quote]

NP.  My first DC's center school experience was also life changing, a bit less dramatic for my second DC.  The academics are a part of it, more the ELA and S/SS than Advanced Math since the teachers have generally only been so-so math teachers. The focus on critical thinking in the AAP curriculum has been targeted towards DC's weaknesses and has helped him learn and think.  More importantly, the cohort and the teachers' comfort, familiarity with GT students who will question and correct errors and think out of the box.

My older DC found a group of kids who accepted and did not belittle his intelligence and quirks, unlike his GE classes. My younger DC found a group of kids who are very similar to him, playing pretend, writing fan fic, terrified of fire alarms, etc.

The center school model is unusual and a relic from a time when GT was considered important.  It isn't anymore and FCPS is trying to dismantle it.  There are a lot of people in the administration who are hostile to it and they are doing their best to get rid of it.  [b]OP's opinion is the majority opinion.[/b][/quote]

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