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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here it is:

[quote]The central selection committee, composed of school system professionals, looks for compelling evidence [b]that a child’s academic needs cannot be met in a general education classroom. [/b][/quote]

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/localplan/AttachmentCProceduresManualforFCPS.pdf

It's on page 42.
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Ha.  Logic isn't your strong suit, is it?

First, nowhere has it been proposed that kids would be in Gen Ed classrooms.  All schools have advanced or gifted tracks, so you're positioning that your child is so miraculously, statistically advanced he/she does not belong in a regular school in any way shape or form, no matter the curriculum.

And bright kids everywhere else across the country might as well spend their days whittling.[/quote]

The post you quote here is in reference to the post at 12:54. It is simply to explain where the phrase comes from and that it is a phrase used by FCPS. I'm not really involved in this discussion, I just happened to know the origin of that particular phrase.

I'm not sure to whom or what you are referring, unless you accidentally quoted the wrong post. 
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This has been a fascinating discussion to follow, and this is my first comment. I think the citation of FCPS language was used to defend centers vis a vis FCPS determining these kids "need" the centers.

I read it as FCPS saying there are kids who are beyond Gen Ed.  That is not in dispute, no?  We all recognize kids have different cognitive and academic levels.

Let's be honest.  Kids who are in the realm of needing specialized gifted education in specialized schools are well beyond the scores and levels of most of the kids in AAP.  130 WISC or 132 Cogat are terrific scores but not in the "genius" realm.  Not even close.

AAP is by name "ADVANCED ACADEMICS."  To go back to the notion that yes, some kids are more advanced that others, that is categorically not the same as "gifted," and especially "gifted to the point they can't be in the same school as others."

[b]If all AAP kids were moved back to base schools, there would be a solid core of similarly leveled kids at schools. [/b] These "advanced" kids would not be thrown into General Ed.
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Not in all parts of the county.  See:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135/506982.page#7756247
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