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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 kids in AAP Centers, and yes, they have benefited from the program and we are generally happy with it. But, DS, who is older, clearly needed AAP.  He was bored and unhappy in k-2, and he had behavioral problems.  He has really flourished in a more demanding academic environment, and  moving him was absolutely the right call.  DD is a much closer call. She is a kid who has the ability to succeed in AAP, but would have also been fine in a Gen Ed setting.  [b]We center tracked her largely because we did not want to send a message that she is less capable than her brother and because having two kids close in age in 2 different elementary school was going to be very difficult. [/b] But, if she was a first/only & her base school was strong, and she was thriving there, I honestly don't know what we would have done.   I think a lot of it can depend on the strength of the base school, and whether you have a kid who "qualifies" for AAP, or really needs it.  [/quote]

What utter BS!   THIS is what's wrong with AAP.   Center-tracked her did you?  Absurd.  [/quote]

NP. Yes, same situation as above but more because of issues w/base school. Second child doing well with AAP anyway. Need to fix base schools then people won't take their children out. After reading teacher survey from base school we made right decision. www.fcpswcs.org.[/quote]

No we need to fix parents who are so insecure about their child's intelligence and ability to learn that nothing short of a special program in a different school is good enough for them. There's a reason McLean now offers AAP to all kids and why Vienna schools may start doing that as well.  Because of people like you, AAP will be phased out in many parts of FCPS in upcoming years.[/quote]

If all base schools offered AAP to all kids, that would fix the base schools.  Problem solved.  Where do I sign up?[/quote]

How would it help the gen ed kids who do not need or want AAP?[/quote]its called differentiated classrooms. It's being done in Some center schools already. Say you have 5, 3rd grade classes. When they are in Math class the kids are all in different classes being taught at different levels(all of which are at least on grade level). They have opportunities to work really hard and move into different levels as units change throughout the year. The kids are being taught to their ability.  [/quote]

Others on this board have talked about proposals of AAP being taught across the board at some schools, to every student. That's what I thought PP was referring to, and that's how I responded. It doesn't seem like a great idea to me.[/quote] Just to clarify what I mean by differentiated classrooms. I'm not talking about within classrooms, I'm talking about 5 separate classrooms (at least for language arts and Math). Class 1 being taught on grade level, class 2 some acceleration, class 3 more acceleration and so on. This seems to meet everyone's needs and abilities. Class 5 might have started with 10 kids but by the end of year 20+. [/quote]

But what happens at a school where there are 2 or 3 students needing acceleration by more than one grade level? One teacher for two kids? The budget is tight and such an approach is not practical.[/quote]

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