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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m waiting for the 11 pm text that FCPS has eliminated AAP.[/quote]

haha..too funny. There is one part of me who wants that but I know benefits of AAP programs. So hope not.

Since it's already end of Apr 6th, I think they have been mailed and we should get them sometime this week. Some people might get them tomorrow if they started mailing on Monday.[/quote]

So what are the benefits of AAP? Can you elaborate please, I want to know in detail.[/quote]

They're not going to admit it, but moms on here want their kids in AAP because there are more white and Asian kids, fewer black and hispanic kids.[/quote]

Huh?? [/quote]

DP. Meaning "they're not that concerned with the advanced level of academics, they just don't want their kids going to school with Black kids". It's not most of them, but you're kidding yourself if you don't understand there are at least a few of these.[/quote]

There are parents whose kids are at Title I schools who see AAP as a way of moving their kids to a school with a better educational program. Title I schools have smaller class sizes but more of the kids are starting school without the benefit of Preschool or parents who have been reading, doing math, and engaging with their kids academically. Title I schools are also likely to have larger ELL programs. Houses are less expensive in those areas, some middle class people buy those houses because they can get something far larger for a far better price, and then find the schools lacking. The parents then become desperate to get their kids into AAP to change the school options because many of the kids start behind the curve and do not catch up. The middle class kids, who have been to preschool and whose parents read to them and engaged in other academic activities, are starting at a different level and do not receive a ton of attention from the Teachers because the kids are on grade level.

I know some folks who did just this. Other options are language immersion programs and magnet schools. Anything to avoid the Title I school. I know one family that sent their kid to a Title I school for K and then bought a house in a different area because they needed a larger house, the grandparents were moving in with the family, and because they wanted a better school.

There are two ways of looking at how these parents are behaving. 1) they want the best education for their kids and the local school is not providing it because of the socio-economic differences. Parents look for other options in the Public schools because private schools are expensive. The reason they bought were they did was because that was were they could afford a house in Fairfax County. 2) The parents are desperate to get away from minority kids.

I tend to lean towards the first explanation.[/quote]

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