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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Extra AAP classes are only when the school absolutely can't avoid it, and then it creates an even heavier more toxic school environment of "you're smart" vs "you're not" among students.[/quote]

The conspiracy theories some people believe regarding AAP is mind boggling.  Central office tells each school how many AAP level IV students there are, and how many non level IV students there are. Central office also tells schools what their staffing ratio is.  Schools do not have the ability to restrict students from being in AAP. They do not have the ability to create additional classes beyond the ratio provided by central office.

If you want to argue the identification process is flawed, feel free--but no school is refusing kids from AAP. It's out of their hands.[/quote]

This reply contains false information.  For example: participation in AAP includes “principal placements,” which are made exclusively by the school principal at the LOCAL level, not the “central office” (ie Gatehouse).[/quote]

Your comment does not negate the prior poster's facts. If FCPS sets the staffing ration at 30:1 and a school has 40 AAP students, they cannot create 1 AAP classroom and kick students out.  They must offer 2. They can try to balance class sizes by asking if "non AAP" students want to fill the space to make it more equal class sizes across the board, but they cannot restrict kids who are qualified from accessing a level IV classroom. No one can be forced into AAP, and no one can be prevented from accessing AAP once they are identified by a gatehouse committee. There is not a "limited number of AAP spaces".  If 2/3 of a 4th grade cohort qualifies as level IV, then 2/3 of the 4th grade classrooms will be AAP rooms.[/quote]

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