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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve posted this before but the schools really need to have a third rail for above average / bright students. It’s not fair for those kids to be stuck in class with kids who need additional assistance or disruptive kids. This is why so many parents prep to get their kids into AAP even if they aren’t AAP material and I don’t blame them. Meanwhile, the kids who are exceptionally bright are bored and find the AAP work very easy.

Brace yourself for high school where there is very little differentiation. There is no gatekeeping for honors classes, unfortunately. [/quote]

I agree with you but then there is the aspect that the third rail would keep the second rail down, etc.

Some time ago someone posted a “science keeps aap” thread which exploded and devolved but there is the argument that doing this is really just Prohibits kids from ever actually getting better at school.  And it’s one big vicious circle after that.

My personal view is that all of this is moot. Fairfax county is getting so prohibitively expensive that this kind of backdoor mythos will end soon enough. I think what we will see more of is the AAP is being selected for kids that are well behaved and engaged but maybe not these bright superstars that have an IEP or something. And we are seeing that with the complaints on this board of how GBRS drives AAP pool decisions now.

Currently we are in a school where the principal has decided not to pupil place kids into AAP this year and I have had two parents ask me how my kid got into the AAP class. I really don’t know other than her quant score was 135 and she was nice to the teacher. But I know the teacher is happy with the class and my kid is learning a lot this year and things feel almost pre-Covid normal. So I really hope AAP stays. I suspect it won’t though. [/quote]

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