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[quote=Anonymous]If FCPS maintains the local norms it will be able to maintian a program that allows more kids from Title 1 schools to be in-pool and screened for AAP. And while AAP is a nice to have for parents at UMC, it is essential fro kids at Title 1 schools.

Parents at UMC schools have options for supporting their childs academic growth. Most of us are willing to send our child to academic programs that are more engaging then school. A lot of families are sending their kids to language schools, which offer coding classes, math classes, science classes and the like. Parents are willing to take the time to work through the Beast Academy books or send their kid to Curie/RSM/Mathansium to solidify or advance their kids math progress. Parents look for academic based summer camps to enrich their kids. Realistically, if there was no AAP offered at the UMC ES, the peer group at the schools would lead to good opportunities for the kids.

Title 1 schools are in a very different place. So many kids are starting with no academic knowledge, kids not knowing their letters, number, sounds, colors, shapes that any kid who starts with what a lot of UMC families consider basic knowledge, are going to be ignored in K. Kids who are on grade level, never mind ahead, are ignored in every grade. AAP offers a place for the kids who are slightly advanced to be moved to a classroom where they are the focus of the class, which is a huge difference then what you see for AAP at UMC schools.

I hope they keep the local norms for this very reason. We deferred AAP in favor of language immersion for my kid. He stepped into AAP at his MS, which is a center but his base school, and he has not had any issues in his classes. His ES did not have local LIV but LI is a different cohort of kids that is probably closer to LIV then gen ed. We all know that many of the kids from MC/UMC HS will take AP/IB classes and do well in them, regardless of being in AAP or not. The same cannot be said for the Title 1 schools. [/quote]

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