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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scrap the AAP model.  It's time to reinvent.

Level IV curriculum in every school and classroom.

[b]Very top 3-4% of students that simply cannot function in a normal classroom with differentiation are bussed to a special center for truly gifted, extreme IQ students.

These kids need special educa.a lot of time day dreaming.

on the same way kids need special education on the other side of the spectrum. Mainstreamed to the greatest extent possible with differentiation in their home school and if that cannot work then they can be provided highly specialized teaching at a center that suits their needs.[/b]

This AAP madness is a burden on the school system and is simply lowering the standards for the majority of students in FCPS.

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Bad idea.

My kid is in that upper 99% and the more inclusive program is more beneficial to these kids at the extreme.[/quote]

How is separating your child into a center with a segregated classroom inclusive?  They get to still see the Gen Ed kids from a distance, that's inclusive?
 
A center for truly gifted children would be the same thing but with a better more appropriate specialized instruction for your high IQ child and you wouldn't have to worry about those lowly 128 IQ kids getting into the classroom due to their multiple times appealing parents.

It would be an actual GIFTED program, not simply Advanced Academics for anyone that can appeal enough times.

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A lot of what you call "the lowly 128" kids are very bright and exceptionally hard workers. They bring a lot to the classroom and often have better social skills, both which balance out the kids who might be exceptionally gifted but who have deficits in EQ and social awareness, and provide a push to kids like mine who whiz through everything but spend  [/quote]

[b]So which is it then? [/b] You want your kid to remain inclusive, then differentiation in the classroom is the solution.  All Gen Ed classes should be using Level IV curriculum (which is not for purely gifted kids and can be used very well in Gen ED), special ed teachers or AARTs can make sure the kids that need more will get more within the classroom or pullouts.  Your kids would still get a specialized instruction and still be within an inclusive environment that will expose your kids to kids with better social skills.

Most AAP parents are completely against that idea though, they want special centers with special segregated classrooms.  The argument being that their kids just can't learn with other kids that are not as high IQ as them.

So which argument is it?  What is the real driving need for AAP centers and classrooms?  Is it for social skills?

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As I said, I prefer the current center model. It works exceptionally well and catches a lot of kids. I like that it is inclusive. I think it serves highly and profoundly gifted kids like mine fairly well. It serves bright kids at base schools very well (I have one of these too). It serves struggling kids well (I also have one of these).  It could be adjusted in the TJ mania areas, but over all it is a very strong model for gifted education.

Eliminating a successful and well thought out program because some parents on an anonymous internet board get bruised egos over AAP is really impractical and makes little sense.[/quote]

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