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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP center kid: 13-15 kids per classroom per year; western Fairfax; title 1 school but wealthier overall compared to title 1 base school

Base school kid: 1 point lower on CoGAT; good GBRS; immersion program (went from 3 to 1 class from K to 6); better teachers overall BUT they admit that they are unable to do as much with Level 3 kids like DC bc after breaks other kids need A LOT more hand holding — it sucks

The biggest difference is the expectations that FCPS has for  non-AAP students. [b]When I was in school, the AAP stuff was the standard for everyone. FCPS has[/b] not figured out how to walk and chew gum simultaneously. That is, keeping pace up for LEvel 2-3 kids while bringing up the rear. Vast majority of ESL kids here are bilingual by the time they get to K, so understanding instructions is not the issue. Attendance is, as well as rewards for truant kids (may help truant kids stay in school, but others decide to follow suit, because they see the boss kids getting rewarded. Ugh.) All the kids are smart — just in different ways. It is just that the system is not set up right now to provide an education for most kids not in Level 4 despite best efforts of teachers. The system is broken.[/quote]

Forgot to say largest immersion class was maybe 22.[/quote]

+1 Also in western Fairfax. AAP is school the way I remember school. They had homework,  useful not crazy, and assigned novels to be read at home.[/quote]

Except now you for your kid to get that education they need to test into AAP.  If they don’t, they get stuck in gen ed with students who really should be in remedial classes.  It’s gotten out of control.  Some many people game the system to get in, I’m completely disillusioned with it.[/quote]

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