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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No schools should be providing a “gifted program” (according to what it seems people think this should look like) because that is not the model in APS. Schools provide gifted services (different than a program)— which includes cluster grouping and using specific resources and strategies within the classroom. No pull out program or separate program of any sorts— if the school is providing this, they are going against the model and causing confusion for all. If the AAC at said school providing a “gifted program” leaves and a new AAC comes in and adheres to the correct model, then the parents will be up in arms with no more “gifted program”. I’d hate to be that person.

[quote=Anonymous]I actually did say my kids elementary school does not have homework in my original post. You have the wrong poster.

But can you please provide all the schools that still have homework? I'd really love to know.

And which schools (elementary level) do not do SBG? I know Jamestown is still using traditional grading but is switching to SBG next year.

Also, I'd love to know which schools are still providing a gifted program. We have an AAC at our elementary school, and teachers are expected to provide differentiated learning. There is no "gifted" program per se. There is a whole other recent thread on DCUM discussing the lack of rigor with the AAC model.  You should check it out.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What misinfo am I spreading? Our north alrington school does not have homework and thats a fact. And I know that many of the elementary schools do not require homework. I also know Sawnson middle school (where I have a child) does not require much homework.

I'm not sure how that is misinformation? Please let me know which schools do require homework, especially at the elementary level. I'd love to know!!

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't have any homework in our elementary school in north arlington. And very little in middle.

So you are incorrect!! Most elementarys in arlington do not.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow such vitriol. I was just curious. We are a young family and about half our block goes to private — if we were doing it again, we would have moved to Fairfax and saved the tuition money.

Combined with less frequent commutes, I wonder if Arlington prices will actually decline. [/quote]

You are so, so clueless.  [/quote]

Seriously. Starting with, less reject the premise that the schools lack rigor. What an absurd, lazy trope unsupported by any evidence.[/quote]

They eliminated gifted, zero homework policy, unlimited test retakes, and standards based grading. Rigor ELIMINATED. [/quote]

Do you actually have a kid in APS? Clearly not.

Because they haven’t eliminated gifts and kids still get homework. And there are not unlimited test retakes.

Stop spreading misinformation. 
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Some ES schools eliminating homework does not mean that APS eliminated homework. Stop spreading misinformation. 
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You didn't say "my kids' ES". We were talking about APS and spoke as if there wasn't homework anywhere.

Also you said they:
eliminated gifts - untrue
allow unlimited test retakes - untrue 
are doing SBG - untrue 
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I wish ours wasn’t absent so much. They don’t send subs for AACs. [/quote]

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