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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Pointing out inequities in a public school system isn't "crying" about anything.  The fact remains that FCPS should (and does) provide special education and programs to children who have special needs.  Surely you can't, with a straight face, claim that the vast majority of AAP kids have "special needs"?   I dare you to go make that claim on the Special Needs forum and see what kind of response you get from those parents. [/quote]
Why on earth would anyone want to do that?  Again, you or those like you seem determined to equate AAP with what is formally known as "special needs", or at least to get others to make such a connection.  You're the one struggling to comprehend how AAP is able to exist.  Some have attempted to draw loose analogies to other programs and are pounced upon in the manner you are doing now.  In the end, it's not my or any AAP parent's job to explain it to you.  You're hopeless.  And yes, cherry picking programs to complain about as inequitable counts as crying in my book.[/quote]

different PP here.

It isn't cherry picking when you are in a forum titled Advanced Academic Programs and the titled of the thread "New Budget Recommendations -- eliminate AAP busing and centers.  There was a similar thread in VA Public schools that discussed the other programs on the chopping block.  
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No one said PP was being irrelevant or off topic.  The cherry picking criticism stands up fine in the context of PP's reasoning.[/quote]

Nope, sorry - it doesn't.  There is a group of parents here trying to equate AAP to a special needs program.  Since it clearly is not, it's fair game to criticize and demand reasons for its existence, or at the very least, its poor current implementation.  Every taxpayer in FxCo should have a say regarding what programs their tax dollars pay for.  I think I speak for many people who feel special needs education should absolutely be funded.  However, since AAP doesn't fit that designation, it's questionable at best as to why it has been allowed to grow to such an extent, completely defeating the original purpose of serving kids who are actually gifted and unable to learn in a regular classroom.  You seem to be the one who is hopelessly unable to draw these connections.[/quote]

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