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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you have 25 - 50% in AAP, the term "gifted" has lost all meaning.[/quote]

There are NOT 25-50% of fcps kids in AAP centers/level IV.

You need to try to brush up on facts.[/quote]

No, you need to brush up on your facts.  Of the three schools closest to my house:  One has 35%, one has 33% and the other has 25%.  There are schools with up to 50% kids in AAP.  That is a fact.[/quote]

As you know, your experience is not representative. DCPS is a very very large district with over 100 elementary schools and many centers. Overall, approximately 12% of students receive full time level 4 services. Others receive part time services.[/quote]

Ok, so if 12% are true Level IV AAP, then what about the other 23% who are in class with the level IV, but they are not qualified to be there?  Why is it so horrible for them to mix (gasp!) with the Gen Ed kids?  You must admit this system is broken.[/quote]

Ok-- logical and rational though-- not so much your strong suit.

1.  Where did you get 23%?  Schools with LLIV programs tend to be the schools in highly educated affluent areas where considerably more than 12% qualify. That's why LLIV is an attractive option. Kids can stay at the base school with friends, not bus and get a strong program. In DS's LLIV class 18 kids qualified, 6 were principal placed. DD is in the 7th grade "bulge" class and 30 qualified. None were principal placed.

2.  Kids who are principal placed are not just any random GE kids. They are (or should be) the handful of kids who just missed the cut, often kids who are punching below their weight in terms of test scores. The should be the kids who are qualified to be there, and just missed it.  Otherwise, the school is doing them a disservice by placing them. [/quote]

Let's try and be mature and curb the insults.  We all know YOU are the smartest on DCUM.  You don't need to puff your chest here.

Let me explain my point/question using an actual school.  I won't say the name of the school, but I will say it lies somewhere between Alexandria and Falls Church.  It is not a center school.  There are approx 105 kids in sixth grade.  32% of this class is in AAP.  According to previous posters, only approx 12% are likely to be true Level IV AAP qualified students.  So, explain to me why it is so important to separate the other 20% kids from the Gen Ed kid population?  Especially when that 20% is many times only in the AAP program due to pushy parents and quite frankly "special favors" given by the AAP administrator in the school.

This is just one example as to why many parents think the AAP program has gotten out of hand and has little to no meaning anymore, other than to provide narcissistic parents a way to brag about their kids.[/quote]

I think you are missing the point.  First, let's be mature and curb insults?  On a thread that say "post here if you think AAP is bullshit?" And has has many PPs slamming AAP kids for being disciple problems that need medication.  When you say AAP serves no purpose except to serve narcissistic parents. Umm... Maybe you go first on that one.

Also 14% of FCPS as a whole is in AAP (see the link above). But that varies a lot because FCPS is big and socioeconomic ally diverse. One school with wealthy affluent parents in a TJ feeder zone may have half of the kids qualify. Another in high FARMS  may have none.  Your school with 30 kids may have all 30 kids qualified. Or 28 or 1/2. But if they have an LLIV program, they are likely to be above average in terms of qualification.

Or, put another way, 14% does not mean that 14% of kids in each school qualify. It's what happens when you take the school with 40% in McLean and Carson/ Rocky Run zones and average them with the 1-2% in Baileys and areas like Lake Braddock or South Couty that are more "typical". [/quote]

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