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I think that is what me irks most about this board is that people fail to understand that the [b]regular curriculum is hard for a lot of kids[/b]. It is not easy and we need to stop pretending like [b]AAP is watered down[/b] or not challenging. While there are kids who could move into AAP reasonably easy, most kids would not be able to handle the work. There are kids struggling with Gen Ed, even at the top ES in the County. [/quote]

Both bolded parts are true.  The majority of kids in FCPS would not be able to handle AAP language arts or advanced math.  But, for a self-contained gifted program where kids are being bused to different schools, AAP is quite watered down and not challenging.  As it stands, AAP offers a slightly accelerated, slightly deeper curriculum that is suitable for above average kids.  Average or below average kids would find it too fast. Gifted kids would find it way too slow and watered down.  Very few schools feel the need to have self contained programs to offer a mildly accelerated curriculum to their above average students.  It's pretty ludicrous that schools can't serve their above average kids by offering advanced math and an advanced language arts class, with admissions for each handled on a yearly basis.    [/quote]

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