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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP costs are minimal...last time they broke it out, the total cost was a few hundred K, and only for busing to the center school vs the base school.
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This is not correct. The costs as laid out in the FY14 budget include things like $500,000 in central office IS costs, bus costs, supplies, etc. So the AAP cost is not simply the staff (which is in the $5M range per the FY14 budget - but all of the teaching staff would obviously still be needed). And the bus runs, while one poster mentioned that their child just hopped on an existing run, would not exist (not all of them) if the AAP program did not exist.

That said, school districts are required by law to provide special education services to students, and AAP falls under that umbrella. How they deliver the services is obviously up to the districts, but it varies widely across the district as has been discussed on other threads.  [/quote]

The cost of AAP:  you can look at what FCPS is paying for AAP services, but that would give a high number.  Presumably, each kid in AAP would still be taught in general education.  So, the classroom space would be about the same, number of teachers would be about the same.  Maybe AAP resource teachers would lose their jobs, which could save a a few million...but that means we are getting rid of all enrichment.

The total cost of having the AAP program county wide, compared to not having it is probably on the order of $5 million:  AAP resource teachers, and 2 AAP specialists per cluster.  or about 50 employees.

If you get rid of AAP, though, other problems would pop up.   Smart bored kids in 30 person classrooms leads to disciplinary issues.  In addition, it is possible (likely) that some ADD not previously diagnosed would probably increase in the AAP population....that would increase costs.  You could have smaller classrooms, but that would significantly increase costs (smaller classrooms mean more teachers).

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You are vastly underestimating the costs.  There's transportation, two rounds of testing, the administrative nightmare that is the selection and referral process . . .

I don't have a dog in this race, but the notion that FCPS is only spending $5 million on AAP is absurd.  [/quote]

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