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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why APS is really the best school system in the area.   If I were you, I would look at moving to Arlington.[/quote]

What is "this"? I don't like the way AAP is organized and personally feel that a gifted program that serves the needs of kids who are actually gifted (or kids who actually have needs!) would be better. Other than not having AAP, what does the Arlington do well? [/quote]

This article might enlighten you a little bit on some of the benefits and negatives (none of the systems are perfect) :
    http://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/is-my-child-gifted/

Also in APS Elementary :

School based programs are delivered:
 * in the regular classroom setting with identified students cluster-grouped with other children
 * with teachers who are specifically trained in elements of gifted education including best practices in differentiated instruction 
 * through curriculum, which is differentiated or extended from concepts in the prescribed curriculum and, when appropriate, opportunities for acceleration and advanced studies are provided
 * according to a collaborative resource model in which the classroom teacher works with the resource teacher for the gifted to develop and present appropriately differentiated learning experiences for gifted students within the regular classroom. Collaboration Card

https://www.apsva.us/gifted-services/services-by-school-level/elementary-school/

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We moved to FCPS to escape the mediocrity that exists in APS.  It's a second-rate school system, headed by a former gym teacher, that fails to challenge bright kids and relies on the residential segregation within the county to group kids.  It's mostly popular with white parents who don't like to see their kids competing with Asian kids, but that's about it.  Minority performance in APS lags tremendously, which is why the Great Schools ratings for Yorktown, Washington-Lee, and Wakefield are now 5, 4, and 3, respectively. [/quote]

Just curious were you zoned for second-rate ES and MS in Arlington?  I don't see many families leaving Jamestown, Taylor or Nottingham for Fairfax.  Most of the moving I see is to tear down and build a new house a few blocks away.[/quote]

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