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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is way too much focus on AAP classes in FCPS and it is creating a new form of segregation.  If your kid is so smart and isn't challenged in their class then look into them skipping a grade.  [/quote]

All kids are entitled to FAPE (not just SpED kids), and Virginia law requires schools to offer some sort of "gifted" education program.  Grade skipping introduces a whole new set of problems.  I already have a kid who is youngest in their grade and whose IQ doesn't match their emotional maturity, so skipping a grade is going to compound problems, not make them better.  It is a good idea for some kids, but, for most, it's not.  To say nothing of ending up with a kid who's ready for college at 16 or 17, which isn't great either.[/quote]

This isn’t an argument for aap at all. Aap is not a gifted program. It’s not even that advanced. Aap kids are barely getting any real math acceleration in elementary school.

No. The reason aap is so loved by parents who can get their kids into the program is that it feels exclusive. It is very similar to a mediocre private school. It is just a way to get your kid into a better class.

So it’s an extremely flawed public education program that is completely unnecessary. Many gifted programs like this across the country at least serve to keep high performing students in failing districts and helps with diversity in segregated areas. Aap doesn’t do that. [/quote]

Sounds like its time to increase rigor in AAP, and in school in general.[/quote]

Exactly.  No one's saying AAP isn't flawed and couldn't be improved (and lord knows FCPS isn't any better on the SpEd end of the spectrum), but having some sort of class, track, or differentiation for learners of all levels isn't just an elaborate status game.  (The status conscious go to actual private where Muffy and Thad won't have to see the poors in the hallway.)  I'd be fine with an actual gifted program for my AAP kid, but right now, AAP and supplementation based on the kid's interests and strengths are what we have.  I already pulled my SpEd kid for private because the AAP center, with the exception of one amazing case worker, doesn't care about them and has to be strong-armed into the bare minimum.[/quote]

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