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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All kids (GenEd and AAP) have one homeroom teacher and several other teachers for different subjects, starting in 3rd grade.  This is certainly not AAP-specific.[/quote]

I have two kids in FCPS - one in an AAP center and one in GenEd.  One in 1st, one in 5th.  They both have one single teacher for all subjects.  Changing teachers for different subjects must vary from school to school.

What I am concerned with, though is having a child in a GenEd class at an AAP center once the ratio of GenEd classes to AAP classes gets askew.  Even though a small percentage of kids are pulled into the AAP program, when you're a GenEd kids at an AAP center with more than half the kids in AAP, it's hard to know that.  It's tough when the majority of kids at your school are 'gifted', and you're not.[/quote]

Yes, this is exactly our experience.  Our DC is a GenEd student at a center school and the ratio of AAP to GenEd is most definitely skewed.  While I know that because it is a center, it draws students from many other base schools, hence the high number of AAP students, the fact remains that it is not a lot of fun to be the GenEd student in a center environment.  To the GenEd students at a center, the majority of kids are AAP, which just doesn't reflect reality.  I think GenEd students whose base school happens to be a center should have the option of attending another school within their pyramid, and be bused there, just as AAP students can choose to attend a center school.  It is incomprehensible that in one grade alone at our center, there are 2 GenEd classes and 4 AAP.  Imagine how the GenEd students feel, seeing this imbalance.  Attending a center school, if the student isn't in AAP, is not ideal by any stretch of the imagination, and should not be required.  [/quote]

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