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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If so many of you believe that AAP kids shouldn't be separated out, I assume you will be fine with my uncoordinated child being on your travel soccer team.  K, thanks.[/quote]

I think the real issue is that many people believe AAP should be for only the highly gifted; yes, separate those kids out!  If they need a different classroom atmosphere because they learn so very differently, by all means, give it to them.  However, do we really think the majority of AAP kids fall into that category and need to be separated out because they just can't learn properly in a Gen Ed setting?  Absolutely not.[/quote]

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]

AAP is not called gifted!!  Why do people keep saying this?  fCPS has made that very clear.  [b]And, no, many Gen Ed kids cannot perform at the same level as AAP kids.  That is why they did not qualify[/b].[/quote]

It depends on which school is the base school.  In the areas with the higher-SES, the difference between those making it in and those not can be very small.  Are the kids who averages are 90% that much better than the 70% or 80% students?  Should the 85-90% students have access to a curriculum that the 70-80% students do not?  Besides, some students are advanced in only one subject.  My kids scored in the 90% in some areas and in the 50% in others.  This students deserves access to the advanced curriculum in the area where the student scored in the 90%.  The fact that a student's cummulative score doesn't qualify doesn't mean a student isn't very advanced in particular subjects.  We as parents have to just wait until middle school before our students have access to advanced classes.  The situation is very frustrating.[/quote]

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