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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18:58 is right, there's no cap being implied for any race/group... the stated goal is 25% "or more" of all Asian kids in FCPS would be in the AAP program, and that 25% "or more" of all Latino kids in FCPS would be in the AAP program, and so forth for each group.  This in no way implies that "only 25% of AAP kids can be of status/group ____" as some poster(s) seemed to think.

The bigger concern is that >25% of FCPS kids would be in the AAP program... that's moving in the wrong direction.

Or just call it tracking with AAP being the new "advanced track" if that's what you want to turn it into by making it that large of a cohort... and then develop a new pullout program for the kids who really need it (top 1-3% or whatever) and would otherwise be underserved due to the expansion/watering down of AAP... could call it AAAP.  :)[/quote]

Or, even, just call it GT. Get the program back to where it was before they changed the name and use the AAP terminology for what would essentially be an honors program for hard workers. The schools would do a better job of meeting the needs of all kids if they moved more in the direction of having both a gifted program and an advanced academics program. 
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Then we're back to tracking and people would complain that only Asians and whites are in the GT program. They have spent years trying to "fix" things - adding the NNAT, changing the name to AAP and expanding the program, and adding in young scholars but the gap remains. They should leave it the way it is and add in local level everywhere and let the principal's add who they need to make the numbers. Those who want can continue to attend the centers with center eligible students.[/quote]

Oh, I think the plan is to put Level IV in every school and then phase out the centers. So many parents want their kids in AAP that I think they will make enough space to keep all the parents happy. Well, until they start complaining that the program is not all it’s cracked up to be...
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