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Advanced Academic Programs

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Parents and Faculty Discuss Planned Expansion of Advanced Academic Centers

Fairfax County Public Schools has asked the community for feedback on recommendations to increase the number of AAP centers in the county.

Around 75 parents and teachers attended the second of three scheduled community meetings on Wednesday night at Lee High School in Alexandria to discuss Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) recommendations for expanding its Advanced Academic Level IV Centers. The meeting, which focused on schools in clusters 4 and 5, included a brief powerpoint presentation (see at right) from FCPS officials that outlined some of the explanation behind the recommendations to open a Level IV center at every middle school and create six additional Level IV elementary centers in pyramids without a center. The recommendations also hope to address overcrowding at the three current centers at Haycock (Cluster 1, McLean pyramid), Louise Archer (Cluster 2, Madison …

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