Fairfax County GT/AAP Decisions

[Anonymous]

They might not have finished. There are a lot of applications to go through, and they claim to look at each one.

[Anonymous]

Plus, there is an "oversight" committee that reviews all of the "ineligible" decisions, for consistency, but according to the website, they finish their work today (4/15).

[Anonymous]

Heard that the AARTs were notified yesterday as to the acceptances for their specific school(s).

[Anonymous]

who did you hear it from? is it a reliable source or just gossip?

[Anonymous]

reliable source, parents are not supposed to know that the aarts know.

[Anonymous]

Just curious, what website states the committee finished on 4/15? Also, is it really true that schools accomadate as many students as needed for level 4 or are the students in a way competing for spots? Any feedback?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what website states the committee finished on 4/15? Also, is it really true that schools accomadate as many students as needed for level 4 or are the students in a way competing for spots? Any feedback?

According to the county, each student is evaluated on their own merits. It is not competitive. For example, at Louise Archer ES, the had to add another class to accommodate all of the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what website states the committee finished on 4/15?

The Fairfax County Public Schools website, on the Advanced Academic Programs page.

Anonymous wrote:
Also, is it really true that schools accomadate as many students as needed for level 4 or are the students in a way competing for spots? Any feedback?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

I heard from a general education teacher at a school that has an AAP center that the kids selected for her school's AAP have a higher threshold than kids at other AAP centers (in less affluent parts of Ffx Cty).

Does anyone else know if this is true?

Just curious if there is a difference between kids at different AAP centers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard from a general education teacher at a school that has an AAP center that the kids selected for her school's AAP have a higher threshold than kids at other AAP centers (in less affluent parts of Ffx Cty).

Does anyone else know if this is true?

Just curious if there is a difference between kids at different AAP centers.

That would likely be the case for Local Level 4 where the kids are selected by a local screening committee. But that is not the case for AAP Centers as the kids are selected by a central screening committee.

[Anonymous]

PP: There is no LLIV screening committee. LLIV children are center eligible. Sometimes, they may fill out LLIV classes with non center eligible children, but that is less selective than the overall process.

It could be that the screening committee factors in geography. I do not know.

[Anonymous]

There absolutely is a local screening committee. It consists of the AART, principal, and other local school staff. They prepare and submit the student files that go to the county selection committee, and at most schools that have a Level IV program, this local committee determines which non-eligible children will be admitted to fill-out the local Level IV classroom.

[Anonymous]

It is not a screening committee, but rather a rating committee. There is a difference. More to the point, thereof no lliv eligibility committee. Non center eligible children may be placed in lliv classes for one year but not the next

[Anonymous]

The local level 4 assignment of non-center eligible kids differs from school to school. It is decided by the principal.

[Anonymous]

OK, I'm the poster who asked whether there were slightly different qualification levels for AAP centers. I wasn't asking about local services, just AAP centers. Specifically, the teacher was referring to Sangster's AAP center compared with Springfield Estates.

Any truth to this?