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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly hundreds of AAP students have welcomed A1H in 6th grade option.  Those that were admitted into A1H but later find it too difficult, are they still forced to do it or can they request to switch back to something lighter? [/quote]

There are kids who are ready but not 700 kids. I would love to know how many kids dropped out of the pilot and how many kids are going to be retaking A1H in 7th grade. I doubt FCPS will release that information. The option should be available and the kids selected using a better process. Kids who want to try for A1H in 6th should take the IAAT and have to pass at the 91rst percentile, like you used ot have to do for A1H in 7th grade. They should have to have a minimum score on the MAP, and pass the SOL advanced.

FCPS has enough striver parents who see all forms acceleration as a good thing that there was not way this program wasn't going to explode when offered. The COunty has provided weak guardrails and there are going to be kids who suffer for it. Sith and Seventh graders going to regular tutoring so that they can be hyper accelerated in math is not good for the kid and we all know that there are kids in exactly that situation. [/quote]

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