Depends on the school. In upper income schools, like wolftrap and McLean, about 40% of the kids qualify. (I know . . . Crazy). In other schools less than 10% qualify.

Anonymous wrote:Our McLean public has 2 of 5 classrooms AAP. But parents are really smart in McLean.

So 40% in McLean.

Anonymous wrote:LLIV programs usually take a couple of years to get started. Those numbers could be correct since it's been a couple of years between 2008 and now.

Three of those five listed schools are known to have incorrect numbers based on the data shared at the November community meetings about AAP expansion.

The information is public record. No need to add up each school. It apparently has grown from 11% in 2008.

Our McLean public has 2 of 5 classrooms AAP. But parents are really smart in McLean.

LLIV programs usually take a couple of years to get started. Those numbers could be correct since it's been a couple of years between 2008 and now.

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe the profiles list the students who are in Level 4 classrooms, but are not center eligible. The number listed under each profile for AAP should be the actual number of AAP eligible students.

I agree with your "should be" statement but I do not think it is consistent from school to school.

I refer you to the Local Level IV Center eligibility data presented at the July 18, 2009 School Board retreat:

http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=86789J2271B7

As you can see from Attachment A, there are several Local Level IV programs schools that historically had many Level IV Center eligible students:
http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/legacy-content/86789J2271B7/$FILE/AttachmentA.pdf

Let's take the number of Center eligible students as less than 25 (over several grades) as a start -- I just picked 5 schools to make it easy:

Braddock ES
Cameron ES
Columbia ES
Glen Forest ES
Washington Mill ES

Now, go to Student Profiles and see how many of the students at these schools are listed as Advanced Academics - Level IV students in the last school year:

Braddock ES = 66
Cameron ES = 25
Columbia ES = 39
Glen Forest ES = 14
Washington Mill ES = 9

Some of these pass the smell test, while others do not. Now whether they SHOULD BE counted consistently, that's a whole other question.

For instance, Marshall Road is a LLIV school, but only has 27 children listed in AAP grades 3-6. There have to be other children in those AAP level classrooms but these children are not listed as being in the AAP program.

I don't believe the profiles list the students who are in Level 4 classrooms, but are not center eligible. The number listed under each profile for AAP should be the actual number of AAP eligible students.

^^Approximately 16.6% of the total FCPS population in grades 3-8 are receiving Level IV Center services, part of the AAP continuum of services.

Anonymous wrote:What percentage of kids in FCPS elementary schools are in the AAP program?
(also, is it listed by school?)

Approximately 16.6% of the total FCPS population in grades 3?8 are receiving Level IV Center services, part of the AAP continuum of services.

http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/92UNAX5CE5A8/$file/AAP%20Expansion%20Plan%20Final_2_PPT.pdf

No, it is not listed by school. You can use the School Profiles portion of the FCPS website to get a better sense of how many students are in Level IV services in each school, but the "demographics" tab aggregates students differently from school to school based on how "Advanced Academics - Level IV" is defined.

As an example, if you look at Wolftrap ES which is not a Level IV Center school, you'll find 119 Advanced Academics - Level IV students in the 2011-2012 school year. Many of these students are Level IV Center eligible but chose to remain at the base school. Others are not Center eligible but were placed in the Local Level IV classroom by the principal.

As another example, if you look at Cooper MS (which is also not a Level IV Center school), you'll find 122 (or 14.73%) students counted as Advanced Academics - Level IV. Compare that number and percentage to Poe MS (which is also not a Level IV Center school), where you'll find 178 (or 16.23%) students counted as Advanced Academics - Level IV. Starting last school year, FCPS began counting students that took all Honors classes the same as students in Level IV AAP Centers.

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Anonymous wrote:It is MUCH higher here than the area you came from... kids here take after their parents and therefore very intelligent.

Oh my...I'm embarrassed you even wrote that.

Guess the poster realized how it sounded and deleted...

Maybe they were being sarcastic? I hope so!...

Anonymous wrote:It is MUCH higher here than the area you came from... kids here take after their parents and therefore very intelligent.

Oh my...I'm embarrassed you even wrote that.

I am new to the area. I am sure there is some web site somewhere that lists it, so please don't flame me, but:

What percentage of kids in FCPS elementary schools are in the AAP program?
(also, is it listed by school?)