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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To read the AAP forum, one would think that there are about two, maybe three AAP middle schools county wide, and maybe 4-6 AAP center elementary schools.  According to this forum, ALL of them are full of drama, backstabbing, bullying, mean competitive overstressed kids and crazy out of control tiger parents, and all of them are hated passionately by the entire general ed population.  All of them are primarily in one part of the county.

There is one elementary that is mentioned here from time to time in a mostly positive light.  In fact, I have not seen any drama filled or disparaging posts about that school or between its parents.  There are a handful of schools in other parts of the county where parents might post a question about the program and receive 1-6 helpful and courteous responses.  None of the schools mentioned occasionally or with only neutral or positive comments are from the part of the county with the schools alluded to above.

So no, the AAP program is not a source of constant drama, bitterness and backstabbing.  No, it is not this terrible, cut throat program ruining Fairfax County Public Schools.  No, most of the general ed population does not hate the AAP population, and no, the AAP kids and parents are not swooping in trying to destroy the lovely neighborhood schools that the county has foisted them on.  And no, most of the parents, AAP and non AAP, spend hour after hour obsessing over who was prepped, who was not or who is "truly gifted" and "deserving" of AAP.

In fact, other than when the placement decisions come in, AAP is completely off the radar for the majority of parents in Fairfax County.[/quote]

Excellent post. This is exactly why the change will not be a big deal. The vast majority of kids will move from the centers back to their base schools, receive LLIV services, and see their neighborhood friends again, all without any drama. The usual complainers will complain, but it's just their mission to be unhappy and claim that the world will end. After a few years, no one will even remember that centers existed, and the world will continue to spin on its axis.[/quote]

I disagree.

I think the change will bring drama where there is none, because of the principal placement factor.  Right now, it is just some outside committee that doesn't know the kids from Adam, the kids test, go somewhere else and all is well.

Having one at every school, especially the ones that will need to principal place many kids due to small number of qualifying kids, will start up drama at places where folks are quite happy right now.[/quote]

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