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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to school in Fairfax County in the 80's and one or two kids in my class were in AAP.  They left the school to attend a Center.  This makes sense to me compared to what AAP has morphed in to these days.  More than half of my DC's class is in Level IV.   I sort of see why people want to slash the program and take it back to what it used to be.  If your child is at a school like mine, and they do not get in, be prepared for years of them questioning their intelligence and comments from classmates.  That's why I mention "fit" in my previous posts.  Stress to them that Johnny needs this environment (AAP) to learn best and you need something different.  After all, that's what it should be about but kids just don't get it when parents treat it differently.    [/quote]

I agree with a lot of this.  There are 75 kids currently in my son's grade -- 3 classes, of which one is Level IV.  6 kids from the grade went to AAP center in 3rd grade. 8 kids were put in the Level IV class to fill seats because there weren't enough Level IV kids to make a full class.  So of the 80 or so kids that started in that grade in that school, at least a third of them are considered "gifted" enough for Level IV services.  Not that many kids are gifted and in need of special services to succeed.  AAP mostly just makes the parents feel good about themselves. (And yes, I have a kid in AAP who is doing well.  I still think many of the AAP parents are ridiculous, and classifying a third of a class as "advanced" or "gifted" or whatever is short-sighted.)[/quote]

From post after post over the years it seems the real problem with AAP is the principal placed local level IV classes and not the independent panel place center programs.

Perhaps fcps should just do away with local level IV.[/quote]

Totally agree.[/quote]

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