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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's important to keep in mind that not all "gen ed" programs and "base schools" are created equal.  And if you have a child at a lesser school, yes the AAP is a big deal because it just might provide more academic challenge for your child than they've experienced K-2.

And yes, language immersion programs are wonderful, but if you don't have one in a school near you, it is not an option.  I pored over the list of language immersion schools earlier this year and there wasn't one I could realistically get one of my children to and still get my other children where they needed to be.  Believe, I tried my best to figure that out.  I'd personally love for my children to have a chance at a Spanish immersion program but those school are way too far away when you factor in different elementary school start times and dismissals.

[b]And I think it's ridiculous to say it's all the same by the time they get to high school.  AAP won't matter.  You've got to be kidding[/b].  6 years of ho-hum education versus 6 years of an advanced program?  Again, that could depend on your base school and your aap center.  Different for everybody depending on where they live in Fairfax.

Lastly, saying the curriculum is the same is a joke.  Have you ever taught?  Do you realize the VA SOL's are just standards, they are objectives the teachers are meant to teach?  They are not a fully realized curriculum with textbooks or workbooks or materials the same in every school.  The teachers have to go out and get the materials to support their teaching.  So depending on the support they get at their school with curriculum planning and lesson development and materials supplied, yes one child's 2nd grade year can look very different from a child's in another classroom in the same school or in a different school.  [/quote]

You clearly don't have children past the elementary or middle school age.  Just wait until they enter high school and you get a sense of the bigger picture.  I promise you, kids who were previously in AAP won't know what hit them when they are in class with lots of other high-achieving kids, regardless of their prior AAP or Gen Ed status.  You are seriously kidding yourself if you think they're going to have some kind of leg up.  But that's just something you'll have to experience yourself, I suppose.[/quote]

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