Anonymous wrote:Nationally --- shouldn't these kids be in AAP? There are some general national standards as to what constitutes, "gifted". We live in a highly educated, high IQ area. No surprise, in the least, that so many kids "should" qualify.
Now, how to best serve them and everyone? I would like to see the total AAP Center numbers at no more than 2x the enrollment of TJ. Keep gifted kids at the base school - with differential instruction w/in the same classroom. Flexible grouping for instruction so all students can advance to the best of their ability/effort.
Anonymous wrote:Why is dashboard still not updated on all pages yet? It's the end of 2018 and we still don't have data for each of the schools yet?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I hate that they lie so much with their "average class size" stats. Sure -- the average class size for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade is 17 (!!!) kids per class! No way!
My two kids both had 30-32 kids per class in 5th and 6th grade. They had 28-29 in Kindergarten. FCPS counts the special ed classrooms (which have 5 kids in them) as part of their "average class size" and then makes it look like most kids go to a classroom with 17 kids in it!
Similar to the fuzzy accounting when they "built in 10 snow days" by counting 20 min. of dismissal and arrival (walking to and from the buses) as "instructional time". There was no new instructional time... they just re-named time that kids aren't even in the classroom as "instructional time" so that they didn't have to actually give kids the required time in school.
Lies, Lies, Lies, my children! (-- Jim Jones, Guyana.)
The class sizes on dashboard are accurate for our school, around 20-24 ish.
Anonymous wrote:I hate that they lie so much with their "average class size" stats. Sure -- the average class size for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade is 17 (!!!) kids per class! No way!
My two kids both had 30-32 kids per class in 5th and 6th grade. They had 28-29 in Kindergarten. FCPS counts the special ed classrooms (which have 5 kids in them) as part of their "average class size" and then makes it look like most kids go to a classroom with 17 kids in it!
Similar to the fuzzy accounting when they "built in 10 snow days" by counting 20 min. of dismissal and arrival (walking to and from the buses) as "instructional time". There was no new instructional time... they just re-named time that kids aren't even in the classroom as "instructional time" so that they didn't have to actually give kids the required time in school.
Lies, Lies, Lies, my children! (-- Jim Jones, Guyana.)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why is it grade 3-5? What are the numbers for grade 3-6?
Is it true that AAP admission has been (slightly) tighter in the past year or two?
OP: sorry.. That was a typo. It's all 3-6
Anonymous wrote:Why is it grade 3-5? What are the numbers for grade 3-6?
Is it true that AAP admission has been (slightly) tighter in the past year or two?
Anonymous wrote:Why is it grade 3-5? What are the numbers for grade 3-6?
Is it true that AAP admission has been (slightly) tighter in the past year or two?
Anonymous wrote:
Is it true that AAP admission has been (slightly) tighter in the past year or two?
Anonymous wrote:Why is it grade 3-5? What are the numbers for grade 3-6?
Is it true that AAP admission has been (slightly) tighter in the past year or two?