AAP.....good or bad? Experience with 2012 process. How is your kid doing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
[list]Did your kids make the pool with their test scores or by parent referral?

Test scores

[list]This explains why they are not treating others badly. They are in the AAP center based on their own merits. What the previous poster said is very pervasive in the AAP center schools and with the parents of those children. I know several parents who have pulled their children out of the center because of this "superior" attitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
[list]Did your kids make the pool with their test scores or by parent referral?

Test scores

[list]This explains why they are not treating others badly. They are in the AAP center based on their own merits. What the previous poster said is very pervasive in the AAP center schools and with the parents of those children. I know several parents who have pulled their children out of the center because of this "superior" attitude...being projected by the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are we in the same schools district? While helping during lunch, I overheard a conversation between some kids, and I could not believe it. [b]Some [u]of these kids really think they are better than everyone else in the world. [/b]What are parents doing to these kids? My kids are still in K and I really hope these AP craziness change soon.

At our school some of the AAP girls in upper grades apparently started a blog effectively dissing some of the other kids in their grade. Heard about it through the grapevine so I don't know any details. It also apparently came to bite them back in the arse since the blog was discovered and they got suspended. My kids are in AAP but if I found out either of them had done something like this, hell would have no fury...

Other than that, it's not a big deal for most of the kids that I've noticed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
[list]Did your kids make the pool with their test scores or by parent referral?

Test scores

[list]This explains why they are not treating others badly. They are in the AAP center based on their own merits. What the previous poster said is very pervasive in the AAP center schools and with the parents of those children. I know several parents who have pulled their children out of the center because of this "superior" attitude.

BULL! Kids are behaving badly and making fun because they are not being raised properly. I can not imagine this happening at DD's school. She is at an AAP center that was also her base school (Louise Archer). from what I have seen, that child would be in trouble.

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No kids at our school have ever mentioned scores. Sounds like a few bad apples. But we don't need to eliminate sap because some children have bad manners. And to op- you sound upset , but your dc will receive the differentiation he needs.. Just at the base school right. So if you think kids should all remain at the base school, then you kind of have what you want

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OP- Im guessing your child did not make it into AAP. I would be upset too, but really in life you have to ignore people who behave badly. Your child will be fine because without a doubt you will be supporting him/her throughout their schooling and beyond.

AAP is not about creating separate classes or cliques. And if it is for some parents, then you avoid those people like the plague! I do have kids in AAP, but it is not a badge of honor for us. We believe that hard work and achievement should be the focus, the labels are unimportant.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, I wasn't going to go down this path but feel I must at this point. The process of AAP level 4 center based schools and the selection of students. Clearly some children are gifted and should have extra and different challenges in school, but when schools are reporting that more than 25% are being accepted something is not right. In addition to this, no 7 or 8 year old child needs to know they are so gifted, unless they ask why they are different. It would seem if a child were this gifted they would have the sense to reason it out on their own.
Instead, we have kids now who go around saying what they made on their scores and how they will be going to a better school now. FCPS is doing a great injustice to these kids.

You're kidding, right? FFX County isn't doing anything to these kids. Parents are. My child had NO idea what the AAP program was until she got in. If she hadn't gotten in, she would have never even known that she was eligible. Even then, she was told (by the teacher and us) that it didn't mean that she was smarter or better than anyone else. She has no idea what her test scores were (Heck, *I* don't even remember what they were). Some parents are pushing these ideas of super specialness in kids heads.

BTW......My child has never been asked about her test scores or grades, but *I* was asked about her scores from parents on more than one occasion when she was in second grade after she was accepted. From other parents who had kids accepted.

Chill out. I think you might be a little too emotional about the whole thing. No one with a brain thinks that non-AAP kids are somehow not smart or bright.

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We told our kid we were proud - I'll repeat it when they get into Harvard. JK.

IMO, academic achievement, earned or inherent is something to be proud of. Does anyone complain that Ivy Leagues or Neurosurgery residencies are not inclusive or nothing to be proud of becuase intelligence was probably given to them. I dont know what world some people here are living in, we are an achievement based society.

This is not to say AAP is the ticket to greatness but if you are in the top 1%-ish of intelligence I think there is a really good chance that you could benefit from advanced academics beyond your typical age/peers. I speak from experience. Thats not to say the rest of the gifted kids should be dumped in "gen ed" which is made to sound like its remedial. There are very gifted kids outside of AAP- VERY gifted- but there has to be a cut off somewhere. There are other types of AAP services in FFx Cty- its not like the non-AAP kids are rotting on the vine.

Not to mention that academics are not all there is to being succesful. But take a look internationally and see the schooling and rigor that other countries are putting their kids through- real school starting at 2 years old, 6 days a week, etc.; I really dont think dissing AAP solves the problem- we need higher standards for everyone and make sure EVERY child is challenged- not "inclusion" to the lowest common denominator.

[Anonymous]

Oh PP here, I wanted to add, I havent heard a single kid mention their score, my kid didnt ask. If some mean older girls in AAP started a blog, really? I see pre-teen girls subject to cliques and bad behavior regardless of class placement. I wouldnt indite the entire program over it. I'm sure there are plenty of non AAP kids making fun of the "nerds" in older grades. But in second grade, Ive seen zero of that. They are still almost heartbreakingly innocent.

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Agree with PP. DD does not even see her report card, let alone know the scores. If she was not selected, we were not planning to appeal either.

We just told her she has an option to go to a center school but she has her mind set on local. Apparently there was some talk of GT at school, she asked if this was for "GT" and we told her its just that from 3rd grade she will be challenged more than she has been in 2nd. She was like, OK.

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My older ones are in AAP.
My youngest one just got in AAP.
I provided them all the info/facts and proper education.
I told them they were smart. I told them people have various different strengths and weaknesses.
They are very cool about that. Great to have smart and cool kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We told our kid we were proud - I'll repeat it when they get into Harvard. JK.

IMO, academic achievement, earned or inherent is something to be proud of. Does anyone complain that Ivy Leagues or Neurosurgery residencies are not inclusive or nothing to be proud of becuase intelligence was probably given to them. I dont know what world some people here are living in, we are an achievement based society.

This is not to say AAP is the ticket to greatness but if you are in the top 1%-ish of intelligence I think there is a really good chance that you could benefit from advanced academics beyond your typical age/peers. I speak from experience. Thats not to say the rest of the gifted kids should be dumped in "gen ed" which is made to sound like its remedial. There are very gifted kids outside of AAP- VERY gifted- but there has to be a cut off somewhere. There are other types of AAP services in FFx Cty- its not like the non-AAP kids are rotting on the vine.

Not to mention that academics are not all there is to being succesful. But take a look
internationally and see the schooling and rigor that other countries are putting their kids through- real school starting at 2 years old, 6 days a week, etc.; I really dont think dissing AAP solves the problem- we need higher standards for everyone and make sure EVERY child is challenged- not "inclusion" to the lowest common denominator.

I Agree.

[Anonymous]

IMHO, this fervor to get your marginally qualified kid into APP does many of them a huge disservice late in life. It's the whole precious little snowflake thing.

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Anonymous wrote:IMHO, this fervor to get your marginally qualified kid into APP does many of them a huge disservice late in life. It's the whole precious little snowflake thing.

And then also doing Homework and projects for them when they get in lol.

[Anonymous]

The kids will be ok. They have level 3 services. They have great teachers and kids will quit talking. The third grade cirriculum is big, and they still have plenty to learn. It might be upsetting now, but things will calm down. Also, remember you have the right to appeal this year. If your kid doesn't get in this year, then apply next year. Just don't give up and don't give in to gossip, it doesn't do anyone any good.