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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, if that's right, then I think centers are no longer necessary, except for the profoundly gifted.  I have a child in a center who would do fine in the base school if the program was accelerated like it is at the center.  There are a few kids at the center who do really "need" a center, but it's not the 16% that is there now.  PErhaps they should have local level IV for everyone except the PG and send them to centers.  I guess the problem is that everyone on here would decide their kid is PG.[/quote]

FCPS???  There is no need for this absurd waste of a program.  Leave the smart kids where they  belong in their base schools with just another level of differentiation so instead of three level the teachers would teach four [b](about 4 kids per class)[/b].  This would stop the favoritism and truly offer the best available education to all kids by allowing students to move in and out based on ability.  It would also eliminate the incredibly difficult game of maneuvering a ridiculous, biased, preferential, subjective process that in itself excludes.  Top 1% is all that needs a special classroom.[/quote]

So what happens at schools where there are four classes in a grade level and there are three Center eligible kids in the entire grade?[/quote]It is not about "center eligibility.   Read the previous post!  Just about any Tom , Dick and Sally can be center eligible if they "flutter" the right teachers "attention".   Your child doesn't need a different school under the current "center eligibility".  [b]Only the top 1% need that.[/b]  The special needs children need special teachers.  The truly gifted need a special curriculum.  Smart kids need differentiation just as the middle and lower level.  It should be about getting the most from every child by allowing them open access to reach their highest potential.  The AAP program as it is now Does Not Even Come Close!  The solution is obvious.[/quote]

And that's the four Center eligible kids I am referring to.

So just $crew them since they happen to be at a school that doesn't have other kids in the same 1%? [/quote]
Top1% go to center for "gifted" , "genius" the rest don't get screwed they get the top level differentiation .  In this way all children would have open access to move ahead.  If differentiation is screwing kids then FCPS is screwing 75 % of the kids in the county.[/quote]

At a school with such low numbers at the top 1% it will be next-to-impossible to differentiate for them. Plus these "lucky" kids get to be with the super-small "cohort" for 4 years of ES.[/quote]

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