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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to see fcps pot a program in the McLean arwa where one middle and one elememtary become a dedicated center school with only AAP level four students, and the other schools are all rezoned to fill the missing AAP spots and made into non AAP, non LLIV schools...only gen ed and level three pull outs.

They have the need for AAP in that part of the county to support such a school.

Then, leave the center models in pyramids like LB and WS where they have enough students to support robust centers but not so many that they coukd support dedicated magnets and areas like Lee and Mount Vernon pyramids where they need to centers to even have a viable AAP program.[/quote]

Fabulous idea! You should post this on the FCPS UserVoice site.  (I'd vote for it!)

https://fcps.uservoice.com/forums/302115-what-are-your-ideas-for-balancing-the-potential-1
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For real?

I think this is a [u][b]terrible[/b][/u] idea.  These children would then be isolated all day for years and years and years.  There would be no heterogeneous groups at all, not even at recess, in specials, at lunch, or on the bus.   :shock:

We figured out MANY years ago that isolating a group with special needs is NOT in the best interest of ANYONE.  That's part of the reason that most children with disabilities are now in their base schools and that they are involved in the school community as much as possible.  In the "real world," there are people with all different abilities, talents, deficits, backgrounds, etc.  While it might be in the best interest of children to have the majority of their [i]academic[/i] instruction provided with students of "like ability," it is [u]not[/u] in their best interest to be in homogeneous groups all the time.  Students in schools in which ALL students (those in AAP, general education, ESOL, and/or special education) are around each other learn appreciation and acceptance for diversity and individual differences, and will have an increased preparation for adult life in an inclusive society.

Magnet schools such as TJHSST are different.  By high school, students have different needs, and a magnet school is appropriate for certain students (those who want a STEM-heavy focus, for example).

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