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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part time AAP level I and III programs are in place to help students who don't necessarily make the AAP cut but are gifted in one area. They are very popular and keep kids at base schools.[/quote]

And it is supposed to be readying kids to take honors courses in middle school and AP/IB in high school so they are more prepared for college.  But readying kids for college is not the goal of the New FCPS now. [/quote]

My kids were in GE and excelled in their honors and AP classes once in middle and high school.  AAP has absolutely no bearing on preparation for higher level courses.  [/quote]

My point exactly.  FCPS does not want to mandate AP/IB exams as part of taking a course in high school; that way they get around the Cuccinelli problem and the kids have to pay for the exam. AP/IB and honors are all self-selecting now and very watered down (so the GE kids can take part), and it will be even more so with no exam requirement. So throw all of them out and just have a single level of class. Then you can throw out honors and all those special classes at the middle school level, and throw out AAP altogether.

You want extra? Then sign up for extra-curriculars outside of school.[/quote]

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