Ping...would love to know.
I live in Fairfax and we homeschool our DYS8. Work changes might mean brick-and-mortar school in the fall. Lots of information about AAP on the FCPS website as well as local forums - google "Fairfax AAP forum", and look for results from dcurbanmom, fairfax underground. Warning! These are anonymous bulletin boards, and things can get spicy!
What I know:
16-20% of FCPS gets some form of AAP.
It's for gifted and high-achieving students -- lots of high achieving students in FFX.
still have big class sizes in AAP
some complaints about differentiation, lack thereof
AAP population varies by geography -- further west and further north, in the wealthier / newer parts of the county, you get larger AAP populations.
some families do lots and lots of prep / enrichment to stay 'competitive'.
