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Very good explanation.  There was a WaPo article that ran maybe last weekend and was cited on these threads that also laid out some of the problems with AAP as it stands now.  As PP noted, you must be new to the system.  Many who are more familiar, including some school board members thought, the article lauding the study in the Post was a joke since it made no mention of[b] the controversy about the program[/b] that drove FCPS to commission a review of AAP to begin with.[/quote]

Sorry, what are we considering the controversy about the program? Was it that so many are now admitted each year, or something else? Services not comparable at different schools? [/quote]

Both.   There are concerns about over-identification, differences  in services among schools and levels (Level II and III and afterthought at some schools as these pull outs are often cancelled to devote time to AAP screening, etc.) and equity. [b]Earlier this year school board officials talked about flight from some centers, overcrowding at others.[/b][/quote]

This was also discussed at last week's work session (on June 27). If you have 3 hours, you can watch video of the work session online:

http://www.ebmcdn.net/fcps/fcps_video_viewer.php?viewnode=4b262ef9532ff

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