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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you said "old level ii" and "old level iii" - has something changed?[/quote]

I don't think FCPS differentiates levels - as of this year, it's just part time vs. full time. They also updated the FCPS website this year to only show part vs. full time services. [/quote]

Given the budget cuts to reduce AARTs to part time, this all seems like an intentional decrease in AAP services across the board. My experience is that Level II was useless this past year, and this indicates that FCPS knows it and isn't interesting in improving the situation. Instead, they're shifting full-time services to be more inclusive regardless of academic ability, and they are neutering all other enrichment services.

That's a real problem for those whose kids miss the cutoff for full-time services. It's even more problematic if they keep misusing the HOPE scale to eliminate highly intelligent kids who need more rigor and are not challenged in the regular classroom.

I would love for them to do a better job of providing part-time services, but all signs point to the program gradually fading into obscurity.

Don't love that.

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Full time services aren't much to write home about these days. Everyone gets the same Benchmark and [b]math is extensions instead of acceleration[/b]. [/quote]

This was briefly reported on but never generated a lot of buzz. People kept arguing that it was acceleration still. Do you have a current 3rd grader to verify?[/quote]

Yes, my child is in a 3rd grade full time level IV classroom at a center, and my understanding from the beginning of the year open house is that the math is an extension. The example she gave was something like regular math does place value to 1,000 while AAP math does place value to 10,000 or something along those lines. She also showed us the FCPS website that shows the curriculum. If you compare regular math vs Advanced math, the unit pacing is almost exactly the same but there is more text under the Advanced Math one, to me, further confirming extensions rather than acceleration. The classroom followed the pacing listed on the website. [/quote]

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