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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Opening varsity practices to all ends up lowering the intensity of the endeavor. You get that, right?[/quote]

You don’t seem to understand how this works. If a non identified kid is excited about and doing well in a fractions unit, it isn’t “lowering the intensity of the endeavor” to allow him to do the extension work that the identified kids are required to do.[/quote]
The thing is that they're not offering it as a separate extension where kids choose to participate or not.  They offer these activities to all students so it needs to be accessible to all students.  The activities are being offered as whole class activities and have been made easier so all students can do them successfully.

This is leaving the students who used to get extensions with nothing to do when they finish grade level work.[/quote]

That’s not universal. Some schools take a subset of kids who are interested in a particular topic and they get an extra project/reading.

Others have an endless supply of extensions, some for depth and some goes beyond current course. 
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That's not the model being put forward by APS central administration.[/quote]

They are available to [b]all[/b] kids who show interest, not just those tagged as gifted. This is in addition to a healthy supply of extension activities.

When your kids are older you’ll find that there is a lot more differentiation in MS+. ES has never had a ton. Which is fine for most parents in APS. Parents who want that tend to head to FCPS.

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I think you miss understand how APS is implementing this change.  They are trying very hard to make sure that *all* kids have equal access to the extension activities so they are waiting until everyone is done with their grade level work so *all* can participate.  This is leaving the advanced+gifted kids with huge amounts of time to do nothing.  [/quote]

That is not how APS is delivering gifted services. It is your understanding of how it is being delivered at your child’s school.[/quote]
Or your school is going rogue and not following the new model.  It is exactly how my experience at two different APS elementary schools, along with multiple conversations with the AAC and administration.[/quote]

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