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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17 pages?  I knew it - the AAP crazies got out of their pen again.  [/quote]

I beg to differ.  This is talking about where to cut the wasted tax dollars in FCPS schools.  Looking for $148 million in cuts FY2014.  AAP in elementary schools would be a good chunk to start with.  It is not necessary and as it exist today a waste of $10million in tax dollars.  Not to mention it is creating a community of divisiness, putting a lot of stress on very young children, offering a better education to a select few, creating wasteful spending, creating elitist entitled children, and bottom line wasting my tax dollars!!![/quote]

no, those who need it benefit from it very much.  State law requires a special program for advanced learners.[b]  A few disgruntled people like yourself not withstanding, AAP and TJ are an understandable source of pride for the FCPS.[/quote][/b]

It is way more than a few.   I'd be interested to see if buy-in and support for this program extends much beyond the families of the 18% of kids who get in.  And I say that as a parent who has had a child in AAP.   You are kidding yourself if you think this program is widely supported.  [b]Sure FCPS administration loves it because it makes the system look good,[/b] but given what it has turned into, support is dwindling and as the county grows I would not be surprised to see these programs back in the base schools where they belong.[/quote]

Well there ya go. Now we're getting somewhere. [/quote]

Some information on how [b]gifted education benefits all:[/b]

http://rochestersage.org/why-gifted-education

[b]Gifted Education Benefits Everyone[/b]

Many times people look at the resources devoted to gifted students and ask why their student who gets average grades doesn’t get added resources.  First, in many gifted and talented programs, gifted students do not get additional resources, but the same amount of resources allocated differently.  Second, when gifted students are pulled-out of the regular classroom either through pull-out programs or magnet schools, other students can benefit.  With pull-out programs, the gifted students may be sent to another room for a few hours a week.  This means that the classroom teacher has fewer students to instruct and more time can be dedicated to the rest of the class.  With grade-skipping, partial acceleration, and magnet schools, the teachers in the standard classrooms have a narrower range of students to teach to and do not have to spend as much time with differentiation.

Pulling out the gifted and advanced students also allows other students to answer more questions and to gain self-esteem by becoming top performers.  Athletic teams understand this and often have freshman and junior varsity teams as greater participation, more interaction with the coach, and the chance to be a star help the athletes gain skills they would not if they were playing on a team with the varsity players.

Gifted programs have also created many of the innovations seen in the regular classroom that have improved academics.  Problem-based curriculum, literature-based reading, and self-directed learning were all born in the gifted classroom.  These adaptations, meant to challenge gifted students, have moved to other classrooms because of their effectiveness.[/quote]

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