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there would have to be some form of gifted instruction, not everyone could take the same level core classes. There would have to be PE classes through mid high school, some fine arts, foreign language and an economics class as those are part of the requirements for the two HS diplomas. [/quote]

There can easily be some form of gifted education without AAP centers.  We "include" students at the other end of the spectrum with the general ed population.  It is ridiculous to think that we cannot accommodate the gifted in the classroom.  As far as the middle school and high schools, options were offered long before AAP centers.    
 
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Couldn't agree more.  It's so interesting that certain parents are all for mainstreaming, or inclusion, of kids at the lower end of the spectrum within GE classes, but insist on having their own snowflakes educated separately.  What's wrong with this picture?  Why is this one group given special and segregated educational opportunities, but somehow it's ok to lump all of the other students in together, regardless of ability?[/quote]

So true - back when I was a FCPS student the GE was done with an IQ test and it was the top 5% at the center schools. Now it is the top 15%. There is a huge difference in the type of kids in the top 5%. They truely have different needs and it's special ed. I have joked with many parents that we should call education for this top 5% special ed.  I've got a kid in that top group, and we turned down AAP for immersion since the AAP program doesn't serve the needs of the truely gifted anymore. Immersion has been great in helping us raise a well round student who can relate to all types of people.  My goal as a parent is a well rounded kid, not a smart kid - immersion was a great experience in all those fronts.  I amazed at our school that it wasn't just families from the target language - there where kids where the home language wasn't english or the target language.[/quote]

This is false, the cut off is still around the 98th percentile based on the nation.  [/quote]

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