Moving from local level IV to Center

[Anonymous]

There is a huge jump from second to third grade in ALL schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a huge jump from second to third grade in ALL schools.

Absolutely true. There is also a huge difference between third grade Local Level IV and third grade AAP Center.

[Anonymous]

Center school. Your child's classmates will be more eclectic, perhaps a bit more motiviated, and will be more culturally and ethnically diverse than your base school. Also, your child will not alway be with the same students year after year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a huge jump from second to third grade in ALL schools.

Absolutely true. There is also a huge difference between third grade Local Level IV and third grade AAP Center.

It really depends on the Center and the LLIV. The main difference between my sons's LLIV and Center wasn't academics. It was more nuanced. Each had its benefits and each had its detractions.

[Anonymous]

All you have to do is look at Rocky Run MS and Liberty MS. Rocky Run which has the GT Center sends about 40 kids every year to TJ. Liberty, which has NO GT Center, sends maybe 1 or 2 a year to TJ (if it's a good year!). SO where do you think we want to send our LLIV Elementary student, hmmmmm?

BTW, as has been mentioned by FCPS people here, transportation costs are very low to send kids to GT Centers. It's just not much of a factor. In the above example, Rocky Run is actually closer to us than to Liberty anyway.

Anonymous wrote:Proof that smart kids can do just as well in base school. Why are we paying for transportation to centers when there is not any proof the kids do better?

I think in some schools you're correct and in others not as much. If a base school gets over 40 students qualifying for AAP, I think it's enough children not to also pay for transportation to a center and they can just attend LLIV at their school. A school with only 5 children qualifying would need transportation to a center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All you have to do is look at Rocky Run MS and Liberty MS. Rocky Run which has the GT Center sends about 40 kids every year to TJ. Liberty, which has NO GT Center, sends maybe 1 or 2 a year to TJ (if it's a good year!). SO where do you think we want to send our LLIV Elementary student, hmmmmm?

BTW, as has been mentioned by FCPS people here, transportation costs are very low to send kids to GT Centers. It's just not much of a factor. In the above example, Rocky Run is actually closer to us than to Liberty anyway.

PP - It sounds like you live in our area and perhaps stayed in LLIV before going to RR. Are you willing to discuss? Thanks - [e-mail].

[Anonymous]

PP - It sounds like you live in our area and perhaps stayed in LLIV before going to RR. Are you willing to discuss? Thanks - [e-mail].

(Sorry this was not supposed to be in quotes.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP - It sounds like you live in our area and perhaps stayed in LLIV before going to RR. Are you willing to discuss? Thanks - [e-mail].

(Sorry this was not supposed to be in quotes.)

This is our plan. We're still in Elementary School in local level IV.