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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like my kid can still get in via the automatic 5%. At least it appears that they're making an effort to serve the whole county now. [/quote]

Agree it's better than just serving the families likely to invest heavy in prep but they need to set an upper bound too. Too many seats going to a handful of wealthy schools is not great.[/quote]

I seriously doubt GPA 3.95 in some low represented county MS is same as getting GPA of 3.95 in Carson etc. I see these differences even in MS AAP school where feeder local AAP school student level of undertsanding is quiet low compare to student from center AAP schools. [/quote]

Perhaps AAP should simply end in middle school. No reason kids couldn’t take honors at their base schools. Easier to compare across the board too.[/quote]

In MS, students are allowed to take honors classes. e.g., for math they can choose Regular Math or Math Honors or Algebra 1 Honors (this is govern by 6th grade test IAAT). So any non-app ostudent wnts tot take Math honors, they can do that in FCPS.[/quote]

I know this, and they can take all honors in the core classes, yet there is still a differentiation in middle school. Must serve a purpose...perhaps to truly pick mostly AAP kids for TJ.[/quote]

I think it is there because there is a State mandate that there are services for gifted kids in all levels of school. MS has Honors classes but those are open enrollment. HS has Gen Ed, Honors, and AP/IB. The AP/IB serve as the opportunities for gifted kids. AAP in MS is the gifted program, same as it is in ES. Honors classes are open enrollment and there are no real requirements for kids to participate in honors classes. [/quote]

Nope…and AP is similar to honors, anyone can take them. Curriculum  for gifted doesn’t need a special program.[/quote]

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