Any AAP letters?

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Anonymous wrote:Got my letter today. Totally shocked my child is in. Failed both standardized test but GBRS of 16. AAP teacher says DC has "no intellectual peers" and needs to be with like minded.

you had to ask to look in the file to know that>

[list]Didn't you??

no. getting in was good enough for me. I knew the test scores so I assumed the GBRS was pretty high. Of course DC has thrived![i]

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Got my letter today. Totally shocked my child is in. Failed both standardized test but GBRS of 16. AAP teacher says DC has "no intellectual peers" and needs to be with like minded.

Through mail??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Got my letter today. Totally shocked my child is in. Failed both standardized test but GBRS of 16. AAP teacher says DC has "no intellectual peers" and needs to be with like minded.

Through mail??

+1

[Anonymous]

Mail just delivered. Nothing yet.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who says they received an actual letter is, in my opinion, trying to stir up the pot. Some phone calls have been made by schools who want to notify parents of their orientation this week - the only one I know for sure is Shrevewood. Letters were sent out TODAY from the Central AAP office.

[Anonymous]

Do any schools, or have they in the past, used the weekly folders to notify parents? I know a letter will come from the central office later this week, but was wondering if the local schools might let parents know sooner like some schools are making phone calls.

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I have found that when FCPS says they are sending out letters on a particular day ( such as for AAP or TJ), they do go out on that day. We get them at our house the next day, usually.

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[list]OK then differentiate with ALL kids in their home schools up to the AAP center level (or higher) in all subjects!! This way, ALL kids, could move into AAP classes when ready and those who are in AAP level but need help in a certain subject could move out. This is a no-brainer. Why is FCPS fighting this. It could work, be successful, provide an excellent education for ALL students by allowing them to reach their full potential at any given time/grade/age. Not to mention those kids who are "not cutting the mustard" in a given subject, in AAP, could get what they need as well. Set a baseline academic level and move kids in and out of advanced classes based on their academic performance. This is how the advanced mathmatics works now, if you have bad grades on 2-3(?) tests you are moved down a math level until you master the topic. Why can't this be done across the board in all subjects, at all levels, at all schools? The teachers are already differentiating for at least 3 levels with in their classrooms so differentiate for at least 3 levels in the "top class" as well.

The AAP center is so removed that high level learners in GE do not have an option to reach higher. Unless, of course, they are deemed "eligible" by a special board, during a select time of year and move out of their base school. An exhausting process much like "government red tape" and quite frankly a waste of time and resourses.

Why is FCPS deciding in 2nd grade that a select few children are "out of the box thinkers" and worthy of a better education and advanced course work for the rest of their primary education? This is wrong. Most FCPS students could be successful with the AAP center curriculum so why are only a select few receiving it? I am not speaking for the "genius" level students (about 1%) they need a select level of learning. I am talking about the vast majority of the AAP center kids who are smart but not in need of a separate school and are not in need of "automatic" advanced placement. What ever happened to earning your "grade" to be in advanced placement? Placing a child in an "advanced" curriculum in 2nd grade is, of course, going to give them an advantage in later years. But the AAP center as it is now is so biased, discriminatory, and not affording many smart kids, who are not in the center, the same opportunity at a better education. FCPS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD! I swear this is grounds for a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:We got the call as well, I was a little embarrassed because I was a bit tipsy and the dc was playing minecraft. Of course I knew wed get in already. Ms. Eugene did say the benchmark didn't create a large enough pool, so they had to let some kids in who didnt measure up.

so, Every kid in pool will get in?

Does this mean every kid in the pool gets in?

About 2/3 of kids in pool get in

Well, perhaps historically, but as we all know, the things were different this year with the custo Fairfax CogAT, locally normed test - so.....likely made the pool smaller. And who knows?

Still stands for this year

And you know this because.....?

I am close to the process.

[list]If you are so close the work to fix it:

[Anonymous]

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[list]OK then differentiate with ALL kids in their home schools up to the AAP center level (or higher) in all subjects!! This way, ALL kids, could move into AAP classes when ready and those who are in AAP level but need help in a certain subject could move out. This is a no-brainer. Why is FCPS fighting this. It could work, be successful, provide an excellent education for ALL students by allowing them to reach their full potential at any given time/grade/age. Not to mention those kids who are "not cutting the mustard" in a given subject, in AAP, could get what they need as well. Set a baseline academic level and move kids in and out of advanced classes based on their academic performance. This is how the advanced mathmatics works now, if you have bad grades on 2-3(?) tests you are moved down a math level until you master the topic. Why can't this be done across the board in all subjects, at all levels, at all schools? The teachers are already differentiating for at least 3 levels with in their classrooms so differentiate for at least 3 levels in the "top class" as well.

The AAP center is so removed that high level learners in GE do not have an option to reach higher. Unless, of course, they are deemed "eligible" by a special board, during a select time of year and move out of their base school. An exhausting process much like "government red tape" and quite frankly a waste of time and resourses.

Why is FCPS deciding in 2nd grade that a select few children are "out of the box thinkers" and worthy of a better education and advanced course work for the rest of their primary education? This is wrong. Most FCPS students could be successful with the AAP center curriculum so why are only a select few receiving it? I am not speaking for the "genius" level students (about 1%) they need a select level of learning. I am talking about the vast majority of the AAP center kids who are smart but not in need of a separate school and are not in need of "automatic" advanced placement. What ever happened to earning your "grade" to be in advanced placement? Placing a child in an "advanced" curriculum in 2nd grade is, of course, going to give them an advantage in later years. But the AAP center as it is now is so biased, discriminatory, and not affording many smart kids, who are not in the center, the same opportunity at a better education. FCPS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD! I swear this is grounds for a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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Calm down. You have some good points, but the second you start shrieking about lawsuits, you lose all credibility. There is no basis for a legal case here. Believe it or not, not everything that is "unfair" is actually actionable under the law.

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Anonymous wrote:No letters coming this year. AAP centers wil start to be phased out starting with the 2013-14 school year.

Is this official? So what will they do with the testings?

Oh stop! This poster is trying to get a rise out of people and it obviously worked.

This is probably the same poster who claimed that their child's acceptance letter was hand delivered by a teacher who had been bribed for $250.

you are dumb. Gift is not same as bribe.

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[list]OK then differentiate with ALL kids in their home schools up to the AAP center level (or higher) in all subjects!! This way, ALL kids, could move into AAP classes when ready and those who are in AAP level but need help in a certain subject could move out. This is a no-brainer. Why is FCPS fighting this. It could work, be successful, provide an excellent education for ALL students by allowing them to reach their full potential at any given time/grade/age. Not to mention those kids who are "not cutting the mustard" in a given subject, in AAP, could get what they need as well. Set a baseline academic level and move kids in and out of advanced classes based on their academic performance. This is how the advanced mathmatics works now, if you have bad grades on 2-3(?) tests you are moved down a math level until you master the topic. Why can't this be done across the board in all subjects, at all levels, at all schools? The teachers are already differentiating for at least 3 levels with in their classrooms so differentiate for at least 3 levels in the "top class" as well.

The AAP center is so removed that high level learners in GE do not have an option to reach higher. Unless, of course, they are deemed "eligible" by a special board, during a select time of year and move out of their base school. An exhausting process much like "government red tape" and quite frankly a waste of time and resourses.

Why is FCPS deciding in 2nd grade that a select few children are "out of the box thinkers" and worthy of a better education and advanced course work for the rest of their primary education? This is wrong. Most FCPS students could be successful with the AAP center curriculum so why are only a select few receiving it? I am not speaking for the "genius" level students (about 1%) they need a select level of learning. I am talking about the vast majority of the AAP center kids who are smart but not in need of a separate school and are not in need of "automatic" advanced placement. What ever happened to earning your "grade" to be in advanced placement? Placing a child in an "advanced" curriculum in 2nd grade is, of course, going to give them an advantage in later years. But the AAP center as it is now is so biased, discriminatory, and not affording many smart kids, who are not in the center, the same opportunity at a better education. FCPS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD! I swear this is grounds for a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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Calm down. You have some good points, but the second you start shrieking about lawsuits, you lose all credibility. There is no basis for a legal case here. Believe it or not, not everything that is "unfair" is actually actionable under the law.

[list]Just one more excuse to do nothing. Let me ask you a question since you are so "close" to the process. How did the AAP center prepare their students for the IAAT test?

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Hey lawsuit lady, they already do differentiate 2-3 levels in the AAP center classes, particularly in math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey lawsuit lady, they already do differentiate 2-3 levels in the AAP center classes, particularly in math.

[list]obviously you don't get it.

[Anonymous]

No letters yet!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any schools, or have they in the past, used the weekly folders to notify parents? I know a letter will come from the central office later this week, but was wondering if the local schools might let parents know sooner like some schools are making phone calls.

No.