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I have read on here and in the past seen a link showing the State of Virginia reviewed and approves FCPS's AAP program as meeting the "Mandate" of the state's gifted education law.  So Virginia thinks they're in compliance, but I understand you don't.[/quote]

Have they observed actual AAP classrooms, witnessed how not-overly-smart many of the kids are, how the curriculum is barely more advanced than gen ed, and how bored out of their minds the gifted kids are?

Look, I know these debates never go well, because 90% of the people here have garden variety bright kids who would be well served in gen ed, but no one wants to admit it.  Most of us heavily criticizing the program have one of those garden variety bright kids in AAP, and one kid who is just leagues beyond the bright child.  My bright child, all of her AAP friends, and many of her AAP classmates would be fine in a strong gen ed program, and they absolutely are slowing things down for kids like my highly gifted child.  AAP teachers still have to worry about bringing up the bottom kids, passing SOLs, and all of the other things that divert attention away from the top kids in the class, and the more bright kids they have to deal with, the less attention the gifted kids will receive.

AAP cannot adequately serve the needs of both the highly gifted children and the regular bright kids.  There are many more bright kids and many more parents of bright kids, so FCPS has chosen to appease the masses.  As a parent with both a bright child and a gifted child in AAP, I'd give up AAP for my bright child in a heartbeat if it meant that my gifted child would have a proper gifted program.  [/quote]

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