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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anytime you talk about changing what is considered "gifted," you are diluting the program.  AAP centers are now mainstreamed so the "average" child has a place to learn.  The "base" classes are geared toward those with IEPs and LDs/EDs.  The gifted child?  Once again forgotten.  Shame.[/quote]

I'm sorry but I have one AAP and one not and I have to say, the one who is not (but is not LD/ED, tests around the 80th -85th percentile) is the one who loses out.  That child sits through mind numbing worksheets and waits around for the bottom of the class to catch up.  My AAP kid has a challenging curriculum and fun activities.  Seriously.  You have to stop with the whinging about the AAP kids getting the shaft.  The kids getting the shaft are the bright but non-AAP kids who are in totally dumbed down classes because the top kids are skimmed off.  The kids who seem to be essentially written off by FCPS because they will pass the SOLS so there is no need to spend time on them, but they are not "gifted."[/quote]

I agree!  Those "average"/not quite "gifted" children in the "base"/GE classes are also getting messed over.  If they are meeting requirements for the SOLs, nobody seems to care that they are not learning.  The focus is on getting those children with special needs up to "average" regardless of how that affects the rest of the class.  That results in "average" children's parents appealing to get into AAP (allowed, more every year), which results in a dilution of that program.  Those with IEPs win.[/quote]

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