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[quote=Anonymous]The reality is that AAP is becoming a modern day version of "separate but equal."  Students from affluent families who are able to pay for test prep, private IQ tests, and tutoring have an edge on the families who do not/cannot.  Children with parents who can't afford this, or who don't speak english well, or who just aren't able to be as invested in their child's homework are MUCH less likely to get in - and it has NOTHING to do with the intelligence or giftedness of the child.

It isn't a gifted program.  It is a more rigorous schedule, but it is really aimed at any student who might be "held down" by the increasingly lower base at your average FCPS.  There are more and more ESL students every year, and with SOLs and budget problems the schools are finding it harder and harder to meet the needs of all students.  So suddenly, students who would normally have been average students 20 years ago are "gifted" and moved to AAP.

That is my problem with it.  I'd rather them find a way to bring the bottom up than split the top 1/4 away and focus on them.  [/quote]

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