Someone call the aap office and find out

Last year it seemed like many, many kids were accepted (overall 26% - would have been much higher in certain schools). Did that change this year with the FCPS version of the Cogat?

45 kids center eligible is a lot. There are <100 students in current 2nd grade. 4 classes and each class size<=24. Most of the Forestville parents I talked with did show a tendency of staying with LLIV program.

I was at that meeting too. 45 rising third graders are center eligible, but that number does not represent 50% of all the rising third graders. The 50% that you heard represent the percentage of current third graders who are in LLIV classes this year (i.e. 2 out of 4 third grade classes are LLIV). And not all of those current third graders in LLIV are center eligible. Maybe 2/3 are, the rest principal designated. I haven't seen the latest stat on % of center eligible kids that elect to stay local for this year, but the trend is that more and more are electing to stay as the LLIV program matures.

I would guess that percentages eligible are about the same this year as last year, pending completion of the AAP study being conducted. It would seem to be jumping the gun to make drastic changes before study results are out and recommendations have been made.

our school has @ 150 2nd graders and every year 35 - 45 kids are found eligible. always 2 classes disappear between between 2nd and 3rd. i think it's very demographics based. forestville is in great falls, so not that surprising.

I feel like everyone who was in the pool from our school was found eligible, but I will get a better idea at the orientation next week.

Last year our second grade class sent an entire class worth's of kids to the AAP center. I think the exact number was around 26 kids according to fcps' data.

In all the other recent past years, this school sent/qualified around 6-8 kids total, which I think is around 5-10% of the students.

50% really seems like inaccurate numbers.

Is this local level IV? Did they say half the kids are eligible for Level IV services, or that half the kids are eligible to be in the local level IV class?

If it is the second one, is it possible that the principal is including all the kids receiving level 3 services in his number to fill out the local AAP class? Then the statement that half the kids qualify for AAP services would be true-ish.

I would be curious how many level 3 students are being included in that number. I bet the actual number of Level IV kids in that figure is much, much lower than half the grade.

Anonymous wrote:That doesn't speak to 2012-13.

I'll wait for the actual data.

Anonymous wrote:It says 26% for 2011-2012

http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:13:1478235185730187::NO:0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID:295

That's just crazy. I am glad that they are paring back the number of eligibles. Absurd to tap 1 in 4 kids for this program. Not fair to skim that many from general ed. If the teachers aim the lessons to the "middle" students, taking out the top 25% moves "the middle" much much lower. I think the school board has figured that out, and is trying to make AAP what it used to be, when only 5% or less of the kids were removed to the center. But Forestville? How could that many kids be found eligible when the pool was limited to about the top 5% of scorers county-wide?

That doesn't speak to 2012-13.

It says 26% for 2011-2012

http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:13:1478235185730187::NO:0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID:295

There is a thread going now about Oakton ES Level IV having in past years had 24-36 center-eligible kids but this year may have very few students (like 5 or something) actually found eligible. Any other schools noticing a new trend?

My DC school (Forestville) has its local IV program and the words from orientation are that ~half of the current 2nd grade (45 kids) are eligible to AAP. Wow I am totally amazed. Is it due to the nature of "local" program or the kids in this school are super gifted or super hard-working?? Or is this just norm and AAP program are supposed to be like this?

I am actually happy to know that and I think it is great if AAP program can be provided to 50% of the kids, a percentage that I am feeling comfortable with. But based on heated discussion in the this board, it is sort of hard to believe. How is the case with other schools?