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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you think of the projects that are given out? Are they well structured? We've noticed some AAP centers are extremely open ended with their projects. As an example, they give an assignment in very vague terms and then expect the kids to be very creative with their presentation. Our child enjoys being challenged but at 3rd grade still needs a bit of structure. Instead of being told to write a paper about a subject and just being given some books, we'd like our child to be given similar examples or a form to fill out as an outline before writing a paper on the subject. [/quote]

Can anyone answer this question? We are tired of the open ended assignments with no structure. I guess we're looking for an advanced academic program, not a gifted free for all one. How does Lemon Road measure up?[/quote]

"We"? If your child can't handle the work on her own, she is placed in the wrong class.[/quote]

Most of the kids in the class can't handle the work on their own. I've witnessed it myself. Giving children just a topic with no guidance on what to research or help during a project is just not productive for 3rd graders. Reading books without doing anything active while they are being read and then expecting them to write something creative about them afterwards is not productive. As an example, my child was asked to research a country and produce a paper or poster on the country without any other information. No worksheets to fill out to help guide the children. Huge 100-300 page books given to them to research. Our school actually gives this type of thing to all their kids, AAP and non-AAP.  I'm not sure what it is - flipped classroom? Whatever it is, we don't like it and are looking to move. Lemon Road works with our commutes.[/quote]

My child would have no issue with any of these assignments. They are supposed to be creative and child-driven.  [/quote]

[b]At third grade, I want my child to be able to be creative within some parameters.[/b] Not attend a Sudbury school without resources.[/quote]

So you're a teacher then?   Sounds like homeschooling might just be the ticket for your kids.  You do realize that they go to a public school, don't you?  That the teachers don't design lesson plans so that they meet with your approval.

The interesting thing I've found during my kids time in FCPS is that the kids of parents who worry about these types of things tend not to be very good students.  Could there be a correlation between parents who worry about every jot and tittle of their kids learning experience and kids that are nothing special academically? [/quote]

[b]Do you have anything to say about Lemon Road or do you just want to continue to take jabs at me? You've added nothing of interest to what this school is like either at the GE level or the AAP level.[/[/b]quote]

Lemon Road is a great school.  I attended a session with the parents and principal when they first decided to make it a center and found them open, welcoming and very forthcoming about the challenges they faced creating a new center.  If my children had been in the boundaries I'd have no problem sending them there.  We were actually at another school that (to my disappointment) started it's own center instead.

But given the amount of micro-managing you seem ready to do with teaching styles and curriculum, I'm skeptical that you could be completely happy with any FCPS program.  At a certain point you really need to have a little faith in the system and a little faith in your kids.  Send them to the school where you think they'll be the happiest overall. With all the growth in the area, boundary changes and suggestions that Local Level IV may replace the AAP center option in some neighborhoods, it's best not to overthink it.  
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