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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the whole aap is ridiculous!   How can anyone tell if a second grader had potential for gifted ness?   Absurd.   
We have created a social system and nothing more.   My kids at the center school are not smarter or brighter, but they think they are!

Let's have aap start in 6th grade, because really, how much is a third grader going to gain by simply thinking they are smarter than everyone else.   THey only learn that they must be even more entitled!

FCPS should be ashamed.  What are they doing?[/quote]
FCPS is doing the same thing as every other school district in the United States, giving an opportunity for students with high potential ability an opportunity to access an advanced curriculum. I have one child in AAP, two in Regular Ed, and one in Special Ed. The one in AAP needs advanced courses just like the one in Spec Ed needs modified courses. No different. The two in General Ed are doing great with the standard courses. I really don't see what people are complaining about. 
AAP is not an elitist idea, the process makes it seem that way, that's for sure. But honestly folks, if you can see how a child with a learning disability needs their an individualized education plan, then why can't you see that a child with a mind like a sponge who can learn two grades at a time needs specialized instruction as well. 
When we were kids they had advanced students skip a grade. Eventually teachers began to understand the negative toll those children suffered socially. Now, they have a place where those students can go, learn beyond their grade without feeling weird or different. I think it's a great plan. Not perfect, but better than sitting in a classroom bored out of their mind which often encourages behavior problems. 
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[list]The problem here is not the children "who can learn two grades at a time" it is the children who can't but are still being afforded the advanced curriculum.  Other "smart" children are not getting this opportunity because for whatever reason their child was not admitted to the AAP center.  I have been told the AAP center is not a truly "advanced curriculum" but the same curriculum, maybe at a faster pace, but mostly with more hands on learning.  Are there not other children, not in the AAP program, who could benifit this type of curriculum?

Put the truly "two grades at one time" children in an advanced program but meet the others in a place where all children can benifit and stop the "better than thow", "smarter than yours" enviornment.  Bring advance, hands-on, etc..., classes into all schools.  And, don't scream "tracking" here, parents, and teachers, it is only tracking when children who could, are not being allowed - like the current AAP program

Another issue I see with the AAP program is the parents who are leading their children to believe they are "smarter" than others and breeding a culture of "judgement" and "non-acceptance".  It is really sad to see such young children being led in this direction.  This is not to say "all" AAP parents are doing this but there is a large contengency who do.  As a parent without AAP children, I feel it within the parent groups.  Many, many parents have said to me recently that they have pulled their children out of the AAP center because of this enviornment and the AAP center administration does nothing to curtail it within the center schools.

Yes Fairfax county needs to correct this situation sooner than later.[/quote]

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