| Last year, I think the pool letter came in the mail and the scores came in the school folder. |
| They would really save a fortune on postage if all the schools just sent the info home in the backpack, in a sealed envelope. |
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Do it like other major type of exams - post online, parents use their access code (i.e. Blackboard) to obtain scores.
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Do all Fairfax County Elementary parents have on line access? Everyone on this forum obviously does, but what about the parent who speaks little English and works 3 jobs just to pay the rent? He/she could still have a very capable child. |
But if the conspiracy theorists are correct, the meddling SAHM volunteers stuffing the school folders would see all the kids who got an extra envelope or whose single envelope was just a bit more padded and start smear campaigns against the in pool kids. Bwahahahahaha. |
| in pool vs parent referral: is there a preference given to the inpool candidate over the parent referral? |
This is kind of a silly question. Of course there's preference for in-pool candidates by virtue of the fact that they did better on one of the main criteria, the standardized test(s). |
| Haycock anyone? Did you get test scores and/or in pool letter yet? It is Tuesday the 28th. |
| Anyone received scores/in-pool letter from Westbriar? |
Did you seriously ask that question? Hope your kid got the gene from other parent. |
| Providence? Letters in the mail yet, anyone? |
Well....not necessarily. There are in pool kids who don't get in and parent referred kids that do. Once the file is placed for screening (either by score or referral) the committee looks at the whole picture with the scores being only one factor. I wouldn't say that the test scores are the "main" criteria. |
I didn't say "the 'main' criteria," I said "one of the main criteria. And the fact that some parent-referred kids get in and some in-pool kids do not doesn't mean that there isn't a preference for higher scores. All other things being equal, an in-pool kid will get in over a parent-referred kid by virtue of higher scores. That's the definition of a preference. |
Oh believe me, if your child did not meet the test criteria- you would be upset, If you had a child was in pool -you'd be upset. |
What are you babbling about? |