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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been looking at an elem in Ashburn and the webpage describes Futura as a one-day a week (the whole day) program where kids are taken to a center for a full day of futura programs on that day.  So, if your school is assigned Tues, that is the day the G/T kids go to the Futura center for the day.

Is anyone familiar with this?  This does not sound like level 2 AAP in Ffx... which is 45 min. /week (when they feel like it).[/quote]

Yes, Futura is one day a week. Kids leave around 8:45 from their base school and get back around 2.  Spectrum in MS is 45 mins every other day.  Depending upon the ES there are also leveled math classes starting in 3rd grade (not just for kids identified as GT).  So kids could receive accelerated math, reading and spelling at their ES (if needed) and then one day a week do problem solving/projects, etc at Futura. It was a good fit for my kids since they would not have wanted to leave their neighborhood school to attend a full time center. But that's just our experience.[/quote]

There is a big problem that many of the teachers seem to resent or refuse to work with the scheduling issues. The kids in futura miss work on they days they are gone and many parents will tell you there is no system for the kids to get the info/assignments they've missed. [/quote]

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