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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the petition:
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"Anyone with an AAP kid knows that they might feel like a “nerd” or outcast when they are in the minority.  But at a Center school, where most kids are like them, they “fit in” and thrive."

The AAP kids of today are no longer the "nerds" (using their words, not mine) of GT programs from a decade ago.  They are completely mainstream, involved in sports and other activities.  And why is this?  Because AAP has opened up the program to vast numbers of kids over the years, kids who wouldn't have otherwise been identified as "gifted".  It is moronic to claim that these are the outcasts, the "nerds" who need their "peer group".  These kids are as mainstream as any others and their peer groups are found everywhere - yes, even in the base schools.[/b]

Enough with this attitude that AAP kids are some sort of special breed who must be hot-housed with other AAP kids lest they not reach their "potential".  It has become such a crock of B.S.[/quote]

This shows that the program works very well and succeeds in its purpose.  This means the program should continue relatively unchanged.  [/quote]

This response is a great example of why people hate AAP parents.  If there is now a significantly larger number of kids getting in, the logical step is to get rid of centers because they don't need to bus kids to centers to get a critical mass of peers with similar ability.  Centers were created to provide kids will a similar peer group.  If AAP has expanded to include so many kids, the center model is entirely unnecessary.  You can't even argue that the centergley model should be kept because of the profoundly gifted kids because they most certainly aren't being served by the current center model because they are now placed in a class including a ton of moderately gifted kids, rather than one with kids of their ability.[/quote]

Get out of your Langley bubble.  As many, many people have pointed out, what is happening in Colvin Run's 6th grades is NOT a reflection of what is happening in the rest of FCPS. [/quote]

I was responding to the pp that said the program should continue relatively unchanged.  That is absolutely ridiculous for many parts of the county.  I  don't think the center model should go on relatively unchanged for the reasons I stated above.  I don't have a problem with centers remaining is the less affluent areas, but I do have a problem with people in areas with a critical mass piggy backing on that and saying nothing should be changed anywhere.  [/quote]

I was that PP -- the portion of the post I bolded said that the AAP kids are no longer "nerds" or "outcasts" but are mainstream regular kids, and they have a peer group.  PP seemed to imply that we should break up their peer group and turn them back into nerds and outcasts, rather than mainstream kids.  You're saying that some center schools are too large, and the AAP kids would not be nerds or outcasts at their base schools.  Out of 120-some elementary schools, that seems optimistic to me.  (I am coming from the perspective of the part of FCPS where only handfuls of kids from each ES go to the center schools, so sending them back to their base school would have a different effect than the large center schools in your area.)[/quote]

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