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I see this type of comment in thread after thread and frankly I now read it as "my kid did not qualify for AAP and I would feel better if the program was much smaller". [/quote]

I think pepole want the program smaller to increase the pressure to make the gen ed better.  I'm a gen ed parent, and they can include as many as they want in AAP.  However, they need to make educational opportunities available to all students, including those in gen ed.  Calling the current AAP program "gifted" and having an advanced  curriculum, when many of the gen ed students can perform at the same level as the AAP students, creates animosity in the schools.  [/quote]

I am the PP and can see this point.  My kid may or may not make AAP and the cutoff line is basically arbitrary to me.  An 87th percentile makes it and an 80th percentile does not when the two kids academic ability is fairly equivalent.  Top it off with parental appeals where some parents push their marginal kids in while other comparable or even more advanced kids are left out.[/quote]

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