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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will be one of those parents that tutor, push the administration, whatever.  My kid needs the best education possible and I'm not convinced he'll get it in his non-aap school.[/quote]

There is no guarantee he will get it at an AAP school, either. There can be significant behavior/social issues in many of those classrooms that limit learning, particularly in sensitive children. I believe the AAP system in FCPS is thoroughly broken and only benefits parents who want to say their child is in it. 
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Yes!  These classrooms can be a bit chaotic with all the different trains of thought, competition, and a number of students with ADHD![/quote]

I've two in AAP.  There are a few - as in maybe 1-2 in each class they've had who are kids who clearly have something going on that it is obvious to an outsider but not THAT disruptive that it affects my kids' learning.  This is always thrown in (along with AAP classes being "so big") as the sour grapes reasons why you don't want those classes for your kids anyway.  The type of thing you might see is ONE kid who has a little more difficulty controlling himself so he might call out ON OCCASSION or zone out when the teacher is looking for hand raising type thing.  You're not looking at kids who  are climbing like monkeys and grooming each other, type of chaos.  It is not a zoo by any means whatsoever.  Between my two, I've seen 4 full years of AAP classes (almost 5 by the end of this year).  I also taught in the county at a center school for years.  [/quote]

I found the comment about kids in AAP having ADHD to be offensive. [/quote]

This...and neither of mine have ADHD.[/quote]

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