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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re:  Haycock mixing gen ed and aap - what is next English and Math?  I agree in theory that it is good to mix kids...but in practice, how does a teacher meet all the needs of the children?  [/quote]

The same way they do in the Gen Ed classrooms where FCPS has eliminated ability grouping.  My Gen Ed child is not with like ability peers for math.  It's in the homeroom and somehow the teacher is expected to teach to the various levels.  Is it possible?  No, but that means a kid like mine falls farther behind while the AAP kids (who are only in the room with smart kids) get to be challenged and excel.  Shouldn't everyone be challenged?[/quote]
But, how is a AAP kid going to be challenged if your GE child is being catered to in the AAP program?[/quote]

My GE kid is not in the AAP program.  The point is that you are complaining about something that everyone else has to deal with already.  We should be pushing for ability grouping for all, not just AAP.  That might mean a non-AAP kid ends up in your AAP kid's math class because he or she might be accelerated in math but nothing else and keep up in the AAP math.  Why should that child be held back in math because he or she didn't get a certain score on a random test on a random day?  As it is now, the AAP kids get the challenge and everyone else is left in the dust.[/quote]

This.  We have asked our center school countless times whether our GE student, who scored in the 99% in quantitative, could attend the AAP math class.  The answer is always no.  They cannot mix GE and AAP for math.  It is incredibly frustrating to be told your child has to score higher in reading to have access to higher level math!  Especially when your GE child has been receiving math pullouts since first grade and was always one of the best math students in the class.  We're just getting private tutors and waiting until middle school when they have equal access to advanced education.[/quote]

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