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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly. There shouldn’t be two groups. Colvin Run is always boasting about its character shapes (respect, compassion, honesty...) and how it encourages mindfulness, yet it does the exact opposite by labeling students as “gen ed” and “aap”. The gen ed students think they’re “stupid” (as many parents have said their kids ask them, probably because that’s what kids at the playground are calling them) and the aap kids think they’re “smart”, which is a fixed mindset and doesn’t help them in the long run. They think they were born “smart”.  So, neither groups are benefitting from the divide. Colvin Run just needs to own up to the culture it’s creating if that’s their intention. If it’s not their intention, then they should modify the real purpose of aap and be a role model for other FCPS. From what I’ve read Montgomery County public schools really only allow about the top 3% of gifted students into their level 4 aap program. FCPS “advanced” services’ qualifications is much broader and allows about 30%-40% student considered “gifted” and “advanced”. That’s why Colvin Run and other centers cause the divide. If so many kids are getting into the aap level 4 program kids start wondering why they didn’t make it and in turn think they’re “stupid”. [/quote]

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Because FCPS allows such a large percentage of kids into AAP, the divide is made that much more obvious - when it shouldn't be.  There are far too many kids who overlap the arbitrary "line," and who would be absolutely fine in AAP.  If they selected only a very tiny percentage of kids into AAP, there wouldn't be these problems as the vast majority of kids would be considered "equals."  Or, they could simply open AAP up to all.  This program isn't brain surgery, for crying out loud.  It's the same curriculum, just slightly more in depth.  Certainly, there are very few kids who would have any difficulty at all with it.
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