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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And what about the other kids in the class? So the one child with disabilities learns more if he's in that class, but he is so disruptive and difficult that no one else can learn and the teacher can't teach. I've been in classes where one "disabled" kid terrorized an entire class, including the teacher, physically assaulting people (including the teacher!), and making the entire year horrible for everyone. Why is that kid's right to be in the best environment trump everyone else's right to a safe, effective education? I know that's not all special ed kids and not even the majority, but it only takes one of those kids to ruin a class. [b]The question, do kids without an IEP or identification as AAP have any rights to a decent education at all? It seems fcps thinks not[/b]. [/quote]

This.  It doesn't happen every year and in every class.  But, it does happen and when it does it can be catastrophic for the rest of the kids in the class.

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+1,000,000 to both PPs, and especially to the bolded.  [/quote]

Our kids in "Gen Ed" got a great education in FCPS, took multiple APs with former AAP kids, and were admitted to fine schools.

It sounds like you likely have an agenda that has more to do with real estate than K-12 education.[/quote]

Not the poster you were responding to, but be glad your kids made it through just in time. It's just the last few years of AAP overreach combined with budget cuts and higher esol that are now threatening elementary schools.  Our ES doubled in size over seven years and has gone down the tubes. The school also took in a lot more special ed students without increasing staff- especially counselors, psychologists, social workers etc. it sounds like you're the one with the agenda now that your kids were admitted to their "fine" schools and done with FCPS..[/quote]

I don't think my kids made in through "just in time."  Some posters don't like hearing, though, that parents whose kids are older have more perspective on the relative significance (or insignificance) of AAP over time.  Sorry, but I don't have a lot of patience for people who want to hold themselves or their kids out as "normal" or "regularl" and then paint everyone else (whether it's ESOL kids, AAP kids, or kids with IEPs) as the bad guys who are getting more than their fair share.

As for ES that have doubled in the past 7 years, any such schools would be outliers, given that the ES population is only up 11% over that period and FCPS has opened several new elementary schools.  Out of over 120 elementary schools in the county, it looks like there are only two that have actually doubled in enrollment over the past 7 years (Lemon Road and McNair), and a third that comes close (Fairfax Villa).   Lemon Road was significantly under-enrolled for years, and the school was expanded during the period that its enrollment increased.  As for McNair, FCPS has plans to build another ES to relieve overcrowding at McNair and Coates, and part of the associated costs have already been funded.  [/quote]

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