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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way I look at it is if AAP does not cost more than General Education, why not have any child that is capable of doing the work allowed in?[/quote]

[list] Unfortunately it is not that way.  Your use of "any child capable" is exactly one of the problems.  There are many children capable of doing the AAP center work and they are not getting it because, for whatever the reason, they were not deemed capable of getting a higher quality education at the AAP center.  I actually know two children who were not capable before going into the center and are not capable now of doing the AAP work.  But because these children, in 2nd grade(!), were deemed eligible, they will automatically be afforded the "AAP" label throughout their education.  I know for a fact one of them scored very poorly on all of their testing and had poor grades; the other was not passing school.

So a child with drive, relatively high across the board testing and strait "A's" on their report card should not be given an advanced curriculum?  Fairfax County has a problem.  The center is the problem it should be offered in all base schools as advanced classes and your grades and drive should open the door.  Not some panel, most of which do not even know your child, opening that door for you.  There is no reason why these children need a separate school to be given advanced class work.  If it were in the base schools all children could be offered the opportunity when they were "deemed capable".

In addition to the transportation costs the testing for AAP classes at middle and high school levels cost the tax payer $75 per test, per student.  Hmm....

Funny how you all seem to think the center is the answer.  Maybe it is if you have a child lucky enough to get in but what about all of the other children.  Don't any of you give a damn about others?
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