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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can tell you from experience that having a non-AAP child at certain AAP centers is awful.

I had four children attend one of the frequently-praised elementary schools. Two were in AAP and two were in general education. It was miserable for my general ed children. They were ruthlessly teased on the playground for being in gen ed, and both the counselor and administrators laughed about the teasing, sending the message that teasing is a normal part of childhood and that the "sweet AAP students" would never be cruel.  :roll:  My daughter was told, by an administrator, that she might not understand the words the AAP students were using because they were more advanced than her. I was very angry about that statement

We chose to send three of our children to the base middle school, which has AAP sections, rather than the center, and we were much more impressed with the education and overall experience at the base middle school. I wish we had sent our oldest to the base rather than the center for middle school. Both our child who took AAP classes in MS, as well as our "general ed" children who took all honors classes, had excellent teachers at the base middle school.[/quote]

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Very similar experiences with my Gen Ed kids who had to attend an AAP center.  Everything was fine until the end of 2nd grade when kids found out they were getting into AAP.  It went downhill very fast from there.  Such incredibly patronizing attitudes on the part of admin and various AAP parents - not to mention, their kids, who had previously been friends with my kids and the other Gen Ed students.  Looking back, I honestly wish we had just pulled them out for private school, at least through elementary.  Middle was a bit better, and high school was wonderful - no division whatsoever, AP classes available to all, etc.

FCPS has ruined the elementary and middle school experience by choosing to segregate kids who are [b]far[/b] more similar than different, and at a ridiculously early age.  Many of the Gen Ed kids went on to surpass former AAP kids in high school (not to mention, college acceptances).  AAP means nothing, yet it has become this monster that divides friends and falsely labels young kids.  Flexible grouping, with advanced groups that *everyone* can move into as necessary, is what's needed.  I sincerely hope FCPS ends AAP centers once and for all.  It was a terrible experiment that has gone on way too long.[/quote]

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