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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will be one of those parents that tutor, push the administration, whatever.  My kid needs the best education possible and I'm not convinced he'll get it in his non-aap school.[/quote]

There is no guarantee he will get it at an AAP school, either. There can be significant behavior/social issues in many of those classrooms that limit learning, particularly in sensitive children. I believe the AAP system in FCPS is thoroughly broken and only benefits parents who want to say their child is in it.

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To the extent AAP serves kids, like mine, who are 2e, it does everyone a service. My GT/ADHD kids did have problems in standard classrooms and were a distraction to the other students. We have not had these issues in AAP classrooms. In part because the work is more challenging and boredom plus ADHD is a bad mix, and in part because AAP certified teachers have a better understanding of/ training in 2e issues, and deal much better with 2e kids than GE teachers. Also, AAP Centers have significant experience implementing 2e 504s, and are good at making sure kids have the right interventions. My 2 kids have spent a combined total of 12 years thus far in AAP classrooms, and have done LLIV, Center ES and MS Center ES between them. They have never been in a disruptive class, and I have never heard of AAP parents complaining of disruptive classes. I have heard GE parents complain, especially when emotionally challenged kids are "pushed in" to their child's class, or they have ELL push ins.

Do you have any actually experience with AAP classrooms?[/quote]

Do you think it's fair for a bright gen ed kid with a Cogat of 127 to be stuck with other kids who are prematurely "pushed" into their classes?  Why is THAT fair? [/quote]

Not in the least. And if this happens to their kids, I would hope parents would push back.  But it really doesn't have anything to do with AAP. [/quote]

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