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[quote=Anonymous]PP FCPS parent of 5 and wanted to add that DH and I are both FCPS alumni.  DH was identified as "gifted" in the then-early days of FCPS' Gifted and Talented AKA G/T program.

Our collective experience has made us realize that the AAP is the inferior, rough equivalent to "regular" FCPS of the late 1970s and 1980s. My parents  specifically moved to Fairfax County in 1976 so that their children could attend FCPS.  Truly, the schools had a stellar reputation.  I'm not certain it is such a draw anymore, but I think for far too long, FCPS has rested on its laurels.

Also interesting to see the sweeping demographic changes across Fairfax County and how this has changed the school system writ-large; schools are bloated with staff and administrators, social workers, therapists, specialists, psychologists, counselors.  The system has tried (and failed) to provide entirely too much "outreach" (there's a thread on this) and "wraparound services" all while striving for better SOL scores...all at the awful cost of graduating students who aren't truly educated.  Not all, most.

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