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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you mosey on over to the special needs board and tell all those moms and dads that you resent spending on their kids?  [/quote]

Problem is--that we also spend extra money on the AAP programs.  The only ones that don't get extra are the "gen ed"......[/quote]

This.  I have no problem spending extra on special needs kids.  AAP kids are *not* special needs.[/quote]

For the love of God. AAP kids get LESS than general ed kids. LESS. Less than all other kids. Find something else to be upset about.[/quote]

Really?  Then why is AAP always listed as one of the items to potentially cut whenever FCPS goes through its annual "we're broke" spiel?  In addition, one thing AAP kids absolutely get is the freedom to choose their base school or a center - even when both schools offer LLIV.  A choice of school is something Gen Ed kids do NOT get.  [/quote]

There is a list of about 100 possible cuts this year and the only one they thought would save any money was changing the class size for AAP students. The proposal was to increase the class size greater for AAP than general ed making them officially unequal in terms of funding. It already is unequal in size because principals already try to give their additional teachers to general ed and students in those classes rarely leave for special ed or ESOL services and never leave to go with the AART. You are correct they do get that freedom, but there isn't an additional cost associated with it.[/quote]

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