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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]honestly, the insanity that is Fairfax County is making me think moving to PWC or Stafford is the better choice for our family.  My husband works north of Fredericksburg and our first is an average student.  Getting away from the pressure cooker might be a welcome change in general.  FCPS has made it pretty obvious that they cater to the upper class and gifted.[/quote]

This is exactly what we're thinking too.  We've had it up to here with FCPS bending over backwards for the "gifted" students, AAP, etc.  I'd love a normal high school environment for my kids.[/quote]

You get that "AAP services" in HS are open enrollment honors/AP/ IB, right?  You're against these things?[/quote]

PP again - to clarify, yes, I "get" that AP/IB classes in high school are open to all, as they should be.  I just meant that all the competitive hype leading up to high school (AAP) is so completely overblown.  That's what we're sick of.  So actually, I'm thinking high school might just be a breath of fresh air for our family, since we won't have to deal with any AAP nonsense, and our kids will be able to enroll in any AP class they choose.[/quote]

There is no "AAP pressure" in some schools... and I don't mean schools that are high FARMS or ESOL.  Maybe AAP is a big deal where your kids are at now, but it isn't that way in every school.  [/quote]

Wild guess here-- you're the pissed off Gen Ed parent in a "toxic" Center school (GBW??) who spend so much time looking for a fight on the AAP board and declaring everything "ridiculous"?  Yeah-- not every Center is overcrowded and toxic.  I'm sorry yours is. And AAP classrooms will still be a fact of life, even if there is a huge push to go LLIV in every school that can support it.  And, genuinely Not trying to be snarky here, the more you rage against AAP, the more you look like a parent whose bitter because their child didn't make the cut. [/quote]

You do realize there are plenty of parents who detest AAP, right?  Not just one (as much as you might like that to be the case)?  As for your last statement - thanks for so beautifully exemplifying the typical AAP parent superiority complex.  [/quote]

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