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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a longtime FxCo resident - attended FCPS as well.  The elementary and middle schools are nowhere near as rigorous as they were in the 80s.  The whole AAP nonsense has been such an unwelcome distraction.  The county should have stuck to its very well-regarded GT program that only accepted a tiny percentage of kids.  AAP has turned into a circus and isn't really much different from Gen Ed.  That, in and of itself, has made elementary and middle school education somewhat of a joke.

However, the high schools do an excellent job of educating students - probably because at that point, AAP ends and all students have the opportunity to take whatever level they want to (regular, honors, or AP/IB).  My kids all said that they didn't feel they were really learning anything until they got to high school - and then it was a brand new and interesting world.  No more busy work and silly projects.

Two of my kids are now in college, and the third is still in high school.  The college kids have been very well prepared.  Maybe one day FCPS will come to its senses and do away with AAP; simply raise the bar for ALL kids.  [/quote]

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