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[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]

PP here.  I think, that if they are being honest, most people would say FCPS has a small cohort of kids who "need" AAP to be successful in school (Because it is a form of special Ed) and a much larger group who "qualify" for AAP, and that much of the  great FCPS AAP debate is about how to handle the "qualify" group. So maybe you think that my DD should not have been offered services because she could succeed without them.  And that's a legitimate point of view.  But she was offered services, and she is also is doing very well (socially and academically) in her third year in a center.-- nobody else's DC is being slowed down because she can't keep up.  Since she was given the choice of where to go to school, we opted for what was best for her and our family-- stronger academics and not having 2 kids, one grade apart, in school 20 minutes away from each other.  This made sense for our family.   And  yes, because, she is a girl who loves science, I do worry about confidence erosion and the phenomena of tweenage girls dropping out of math and science.  I want her to believe she has the ability to achieve in a STEM career, if that's what she wants-- because she does have the innate talent. None of that's absurd.  Absurd would be trying to drop off two kids whose elementary schools started at the same time, but are 20 minute drive apart in rush hour traffic.  And trying to be fully involved in 2 PTAs, 2 elementary school communities, etc.  And BTW DD is in no way less than DS-- but she does have different strengths, some of them academic (she is reading years above grade level and spends hours peering into her microscope), some of them quasi academic (she has a wonderful imagination) and some of the life skills (she is kind and makes friends easily).  Like all kids, and like my DS, she also has some challenges. I realize that haters gonna hate and AAP pushes everyone's buttons, but no one should have to apologize for giving their children access to a high quality education or making educational choices that are a good fit for their families.  [/quote]

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