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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people who want the program paired down, want these current AAP kids to be in general ed and get the general ed curriculum or do they want the general ed curriculum to change. I've been following this board for years and don't think I've ever seen a thread that proposes actual in depth concrete changes to general ed. What is wrong with general ed these days? What needs to be changed? Separate threads for elementary and middle school would be helpful. Until general ed changes are established, I don't see a lot of people successfully advocating to reduce the AAP program. Those families with kids who are on the border will fight for a larger pool of children because they want their children exposed to a curriculum at the level of AAP.[/quote]

I can't speak for anyone else's thoughts, but there's no reason the vast majority of the AAP kids can't be taught in the home schools, with adjustments to the Gen Ed curriculum.  Supplement the kids who are bright in math and language arts, and even science or social studies.  Think of it as an expansion and enhancement of the current in-school services.[/quote]

This is exactly right, and what many of us have been advocating all along.  There are so many Gen Ed kids who are at an advanced level in one (or more) subjects, but not all.  Just as there are many AAP kids in the same boat!  Why are we separating two very similar (referring to all the kids in the middle) groups at all?  Why not just offer advanced, grade-level, and remedial groupings in all subjects, for all kids, with no one locked into one particular group?  Skills change, kids mature, and what worked during the first half of the year for one child may need to change during the second half.  Flexible groupings would make this so easy to do.  The child simply joins the group which matches his/her ability at the time.  There are very, very few kids who actually need a segregated learning environment, such as a center.  And why FCPS has made this their model, I really don't know.[/quote]

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