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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) I'd cut out Level IV centers and just implement the advanced curriculum across the board.  Keep the Sp. Ed. instructors to help those that can't keep up.

This gets rid of the expense of bussing, applications, the committees that go through all of the applications and the cost of testing in both 1st and 2nd grade plus the make up days for getting into the program while improving the quality of education for all FCPS students.

2) I'd also cut out many of the admin. paper pushing positions.

3) Also, change the school year to a modified calendar with multi-tracking.  Several studies have shown that it is more cost effective to multi track with modified calendar year when school capacity is too high.  Cheaper than modulars, additions, and new schools which require more staff and a it's a better use of existing facilities.  Bonus, no summer learning loss.
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Regarding #1:  You do realize that children on the high end of the special ed spectrum are just as needy as the children on the lower end, right?  I have one of the high end kids who is need of specialized instructions to meet her intellectual needs.  She's very Sheldon-like so keeping her in regular classes is very stressful and unfair to her.  [/quote]

Children who have special needs, at either end of the spectrum, should have special services available to them.  Do the masses of kids in today's AAP have special needs?  Not on your life.  AAP needs a huge revamp to service only those students who have a clear and compelling need for separate instruction.  The program as it is currently run is a joke and a disgrace, for both the highly gifted learners and the smart Gen Ed kids whose classes are being depleted.[/quote]

pp.  I can't argue with this, but I would hate for my daughter to be put back into a regular ed class where it's not productive or healthy for her.  [/quote]

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