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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you think the problem occurred.  I'll tell you why: there are far too many kids in the AAP program that do not belong there.  These are not gifted children, they are smart, very bright, hardworking kids who have parents who make the effort to see that they get the best. Is there anything wrong with that? NO!
However, this does not mean the AAP program is what it is intended to be.  The requirements for the program were relaxed in order to attract more disadvantage families.  Instead, it just allowed any child with a parent who is alert and aggressive to get their children into the program.
Look at TJ:the requirements were changed to attract African American and Hipanic kids.  What happened?  TJ admitted the WRONG caucasion and Asian kids and now has to provide remedial math.

Once upon a time, the program was designed for children who were truly gifted.  You talk about the "proper" credentials for teaching gifted kids--but the program is no longer about the gifted.

FCPS needs to fix this.  Scrap the whole thing.[/quote]

Some people feel as you do; many others do not.  There are many new School Board members who are sufficiently concerned about the issue that they have directed the "best practices" study of the current AAP program, and it may or may not lead to significant reforms.  Relatively few parents with children who just exceeded the thresholds for participation now want to raise the bar.  However, FCPS still had an emergency on its hands now with respect to a few schools that required immediate action.  [/quote]

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