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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has screwed the middle class

If you get into AAP it's fine

If you are lower class in Title 1 you are actually getting a decent education

The people that are getting screwed are the folks who miss the cut for AAP and are forced to go at a snails pace for all the Title 1 kids to get it[/quote]

I've got one in gen ed and one in AAP.  My gen ed kind isn't screwed.[/quote]

My 2E dyslexic kid was screwed.  She was floundering but NOT BADLY ENOUGH. . . YET to get help, so we took her out.  [/quote]

I haven't taught in years.  However, when I last taught, the school used the "federal formula" to determine who was eligible.  They may call it something different now, but I assume there is still some kind of formula required to determine help.  Otherwise, anyone could demand an IEP or 504.  I do remember one child who desperately needed help but did not fall under the "federal formula."  This was first grade, and she was not yet far enough behind, as she had a relatively low IQ (not to fall into Special Ed. but did not yet fill the requirement for LD--i.e. her performance was not that much lower than what was expected for a child with her IQ.)  
It was very frustrating to me, as the child clearly needed additional help.  FWIW, this was not in FCPS.  I'm sure that, as she grew older, that she fell into IEP category.  Since she was also ED, the LD teacher took her every day because she knew I could get nothing done with the other kids while this child was in the room.  There was not a lot of help for ED in those days.[/quote]

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