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[quote=Anonymous][quote][i]You are correct, it's not fair. If some kids are given the option to switch schools, then all kids should be given this same option. Either everyone should benefit, or no one. And that's the reality of a public school system.[/i][/quote]

Actually, it is fair.  Every child is given the same opportunity to qualify for center-based Level IV services based on one of two different test scores.  That's a fact.  The whole purpose of the process is to identify some range of the top scorers.  It's also a fact that that means the majority of children will not meet the threshold for identification and will not be selected for Level IV services.  That doesn't make it unfair.  It's just the nature of the process, which is to identify the top range of students.  The process then goes even further by allowing parents or teachers to refer children who they believe should be considered even though they didn't make the test score cut-offs.  Level IV AAP students are not given the option to switch schools just because they don't like the color of the walls or the playground equipment at their base school; they're given the opportunity to go to a center to an AAP center because that is how FCPS meets the rmandates of Virginia law that requires each school system to identify some top range of gifted students and to provide services that help them reach their potential.  Given the size and diversity of the school system, I think FCPS does a pretty good job meeting that legal obligation.[/quote]

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