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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you give up AAP for the non-existent services that APS offers?[/quote]

DP, but not every FCPS kid is in AAP...[/quote]

And APS offers G/T services, just not on the AAP model. [/quote]

Oh please these "services" are a JOKE. If you have a kid who is truly achieving above grade level, G/T in APS isn't going to do squat for him or her. Also in ES each school has one G/T instructor. ONE. Most of those elementary schools are over 700 students, so think about that ratio and attention your kid is (or isn't) getting. And by the way if other posters are true on this chain, the enrollments are just going up, so the chances of your child getting any meaningful attention is already slim but soon to be shrinking...[/quote]

Why the hostility?  I made a statement that APS offers G/T services (true), and that those services are not on the AAP model (also true).  The AAP program has many strengths, but also disadvantages.  The same is true for the Arlington approach.  It depends on what you are looking for, what your educational philosophy is, and what your/your child's goals are.  But you 1) don't know my child; 2) don't know what school he is in; 3) don't know his academic strengths; and 4) don't know what services he is receiving.  We have been happy with the services, and like the fact that he receives push-in support.  You apparently do not like that approach and prefer the AAP model, which is of course fine, but that does not make Arlington's G/T services a "JOKE."[/quote]

I don't know how they do it at all schools, but the teachers and GT teacher handle it very well at our ES. There is also a great group of reading and math specialists that help kids on the other end of the spectrum. I'm truly amazed at how much interaction and support the kids get all across the board. Maybe the smaller class sizes help with that. 
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