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This is really important to understand. There are tons of kids every year who deserve a spot in tons of elite academic settings. The [b]fact[/b] - and I use that word intentionally - that diversity is important to both educational quality and branding isn't your fault or your child's fault. But a one-dimensional student body doesn't help anyone.[/quote]

There is a significant difference between AAP and elite academic settings:  [b]AAP in theory has unlimited space and is supposed to be available for all who need something beyond gen ed.[/b]  Harvard, TJ, or other elite academic settings have a hard cap on the number of students they can admit.  Harvard has a pool of eminently qualified candidates that is much larger than the number of available seats.  This makes it easy and proper for them to seek a diverse student body, as they have many qualified candidates from many different backgrounds.

Limiting participation in AAP would be like telling an Asian 2nd grader that he tested at DRA 38 and above grade level in math, but since Asians are overrepresented in the highest reading and math groups, he instead needs to be placed in the DRA 28 group and in regular math.  [/quote]

That statement is the real crux of the problem.  It started with FCPS personnel who have been consistently putting out that false narrative.  It is wholeheartedly false and it's up to all of us to understand that.  Each center school has a quota against which the AAP selection committee works.  FCPS movement in setting the composite score on a yearly basis is based on the quota of entrants they are seeking for the given year.  There is not "unlimited space" for every kid who meets the threshold.  If that were the case, we wouldn't need a central "selection" committee.  FCPS could publish the threshold on a yearly basis and each kid that makes the threshold, encompassing of the GBRS score, would gain entry.  Done!  We wouldn't have these long forums on the reason for rejection or what score your child received and what are the chances.  All of that would become moot if there truly was unlimited space.  You would be able to streamline the entire process, and the stress of the yearly application process would significantly dissipate.  It's just a non-factual statement and if you, as parents, hear that from your AART or Principal or Gatehouse, challenge it.  Keep challenging it.  If you challenge it enough times, FCPS will have to stop spreading the false narrative.  The program is like all other programs--a limited number of spots for a larger applicant pool.  In that scenario, some kids who should gain entry due to what is on paper will end up not getting entry because there are "other" non-published factors.  Racial profiling to close the achievement gap is one such factor.  [/quote]

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