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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread veered from the allegedly unmet needs of people’s SpEd students to the allegedly unmet needs of people’s gifted students 🤦‍♀️. I feel sorry for our school community that we cant see past the end of our own noses. Is everyone just going to complete the principal survey with a laundry list of what their particular child supposedly needs?[/quote]

Kids mandated by law to have their needs met (SOL requirements etc for accreditation), and kids with IEP or squeaky wheel parents are the only ones that will get any attention from the teachers and principal.  Thats the reality of our overcrowded and overtaxed school; if you aren't advocating for your student, they will coast along without anyone checking in on them.

If you are a wealthy family, and do a bunch of travel sports and know the career path for your child doesn't need strong academics, its a great fit as they can put the time into their sport and thrive there.  Thats the mainstream APS parent.  Parents who truly valued academics left for FFX or maybe private long ago.  [/quote]
BS. The superiority of FFX county at the elementary level is really questionable. Larger class sizes and an inferior reading curriculum. But depending on where in the county wealthier cohort. Probably a wash. And no a high quality private schools are not going to be equivalent to public schools with a possible exception for a place like TJ [/quote]

Taylor has k-3 with 27/28 students so maybe in some idealized APS the classes are smaller than FCPS.

FCPS gives homework and holds higher expectations for academic products. APS elementary is very focused on leveling the lower end in preparation for middle school, and that’s it. The parents actively campaign against homework in fact. [/quote]
My early elem kid has never been in a class with more than 20 kids. So very much in the real, non-idealized world that isn’t the case. There’s also just the added chaos of FCPS elementary schools having a larger total number of kids.

There is very weak to nonexistent evidence of the effectiveness of homework for children in elementary school. Which is also why most of the better regarded private elementary schools tend not to have it for young children. So I’m not sure why you view that as a plus.

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