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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because parents choose to be cordial doesn't mean the school situation is healthy[/quote]

Exactly.  Most of the parents saying their school is just fine, has no problems with AAP/GE, etc. are, in fact, AAP parents.  Of course they don't see the problems!  And, as PP says, parents are generally going to be cordial and polite in person.  You're probably never going to hear anything negative from a parent at your school if they feel what they have to say is going to be received negatively.  That's why it was very interesting to read the comments on the FCPS message board, when they opened it up for discussion.  Many parents were upset over centers and the way AAP is administered, and spoke freely in those comments - because it was anonymous.  [/quote]

PP poster again, and I really want to know, what should happen to my ES Center based kids?  Are you really saying you want them to have to switch schools twice in 4 years?  How would you feel is someone was advocating jerking  your kid around like that? [/quote]

Seriously?  You chose to place your child in a center.  No one forced you.  If they have to go back to their base school - [i]like all the other kids[/i] - why is that somehow unacceptable to you?  Sheesh.[/quote]

Yes it bothers me. Changing schools is hard for kids. ALL THE OTHER KIDS are not being asked to change schools twice in 4 years and be separated from their friends twice, as everyone heads back to a different base school.   That's different from having kids stay at their base school from the beginning of AAP.  You may not recognize it (but I suspect if you're honest you'd be livid if that happen to you child), but FCPS does. It's why things like boundary changes, AAP center openings and IB are phased in, with kids being allowed to stay at the school where they started.

Also, FWIW (and I realize you could care less) my DC is one of the kids who needs AAP. As in could not function in a Gen Ed classroom without having significant problems k-2.  As in IQ of 150 and went to kindergarten reading chapter books-- but has ADHD.  As in, spent the better part of k-2 in the principals office, but has not had a single disciplinary incident since starting AAP.  Some kids really do NEED the program. We had no choice but to send him to a Center. [/quote]

I think the anti-AAP posters are OK with the exceptionally bright children getting services but not the borderline kids. At least that's what some claimed here.[/quote]

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