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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So kids wouldn’t be able to attend AAP centers unless their parents have the resources to drive them there?

That’s klassy.[/quote]

Isn’t that what language immersion students do?[/quote]

Yes. The difference, I am guessing, is that the State requires a program for gifted kids and not LI. So LI is totally voluntary, like swapping schools for IB or AP classes, while AAP is FCPSs answer to a State mandate. Voluntary school swaps are on the parents while State mandates are on the County.

Not every school has Local Level IV and some school’s don’t want it. Our school just added LLIV and there are lots of unhappy folks.

Local Level IV programs are not the same as LIV at the Center. Our base school uses a cluster model where the LIV are in the Gen Ed class and the AAP curriculum is taught to all the kids. Except that there are kids who are below grade level in that class so the class can’t move at the speed or in depth the way a LIV class at the Center can. The program is very different and doesn’t do what AAP is supposed to do for the selected kids.[/quote]

A lot of schools are not doing the cluster model. We have 1 AAP class per grade. The class is predominantly Level 4 and a few Level 3. Only some schools are doing the clustering model. So yes. It is a waste to send these kids to the center when they can get the same curriculum in a designated AAP classroom at the base. [/quote]

So the County is supposed to make a decision that schools with the Cluster model need to bus kids who want the full AAP experience to Centers but kids with schools with the AAP class should provide their own transportation to a Center if they want to change schools? My preference would be that every school have a LIV class that teaches the same curriculum and to not bus. I am not a huge fan of the Center model but I understand the need for LIV for kids who are ahead. The should have a curriculum that challenges them. I also think that it should be easier to move kids in and out of the class based on performance and not be a permanent placement.

It would be nice if the County actually worked towards having programs that were somewhat uniform across the board and not run differently at every school. [/quote]

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