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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are correct - there isn't really a big difference in terms of quality of education. Each has some variation within the district, with some schools better than others. The biggest difference is that Arlington doesn't do the AAP craziness that Fairfax does - they keep kids within their own schools and do pullouts. Don't get me started on the ridiculousness of bussing elementary school-aged kids all over the place and the class structure it engenders. The percentage of kids who are so "gifted" that they can't function well in a traditional classroom with some tracking is far smaller than the AAP program. [/quote]

I'm a FCPS parent and couldn't agree more.  It's even worse when your neighborhood school happens to also be an AAP center, but your child is non-AAP.  Talk about a stark division of classes.  Nothing like making a gen. ed. student feel "less than" simply because FCPS feels that approximately 50% of kids in one grade alone are in AAP classes.  Thinking seriously of moving out of Fx. Co. for this reason alone.[/quote]

Please go and take your under-performing kid to Arlington where he or she will feel at home with the less then stellar general population of students.[/quote]

Wow.  Thank you for elucidating so clearly my point above.   :roll:[/quote]

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