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The way it works now for LLIII and LLII kids and even LLIV kids that stay at some base schools is that they get advanced instruction when the numbers work out. WHen there is enough of a cohort of kids and when they can create even classes. This means that on any given year some kids may not get any advanced instruction except the 1 hour pullout when  the AART is available. We've known families to move because all of a sudden there aren't enough kids to offer compacted math, or a child in LLIII that is able to get advanced instruction one year but not the next. If the AART goes away, how does FCPS ensure kids get advanced instruction and how do they do that from year after year with class size changes? The teachers have an issue differentiating and say they don't have time to teach more than one level and many parents have had bad experiences with combination classes. The issue isn't that kids will sometimes have to be with general ed students. The issue is that even if they elect to take compacted math or advanced language arts, that it might not be offered at their school or they might not make the cut for that class which all would be determined by the teachers and principal.[/quote]
If the majority of Level IV kids did not have the option to attend the center, then there should be enough kids to offer advanced classes in every subject.  Compacted math isn't that advanced or out of reach.  My Title I, high FARMs, non-AAP school manages to have a full advanced math class, even after sending over 20 kids each year to the AAP center.  Likewise, there are at least 20 kids reading above grade level, even after losing over 20 kids to the center.  I would imagine most schools should have enough kids to support advanced classes.

Also, not all classes need to have the same number of kids.  Homerooms might have 22 kids, but the compacted math class might have 30.  There wouldn't be an issue of making the cut, since the class would be open enrollment.  [/quote]

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