stay at your local school or move to haycock?

[Anonymous]

Originally, Haycock is the school our kids will attend for AAP but just being informed that our local school is going to start AAP in the coming September. Will you choose Haycock which has experience in running the AAP or your local school which has nice school environment but no AAP experience for your kid?

[Anonymous]

Haycock

[Anonymous]

What is your local school? The answer maybe depend, although Haycock really is great.

[Anonymous]

Franklin Sherman, a small local school but nice and simple environment

[Anonymous]

franklin sherman, a small local school but nice and simple environment

[Anonymous]

Will the local school be starting a new center program or will it be local level 4? If the latter, I would stick with the center. The center has the critical mass of AAP qualified students that the local level 4 likely would not.
The peer group has a strong effect on the classroom atmosphere which affects the quality of your child's educational experience.

[Anonymous]

"adoption of the local level 4 advanced academic program (AAP) as our core curriculum"
that is what they wrote, I'm confused, is there any difference between Level 4 and Haycock ?

[Anonymous]

So I assume from your post that your family would actually move and buy a home in the Haycock district?? If your local school is going to offer AAP then you can not go to Haycock AAP. Is this correct? In that case I wouldn't move-seems a drastic step just be in a what you "think" may be a better AAP program. It is a great program at haycock I just don't know if I could go to the level of moving a home when I know my already comfortable local school will be starting a AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"adoption of the local level 4 advanced academic program (AAP) as our core curriculum"
that is what they wrote, I'm confused, is there any difference between Level 4 and Haycock ?

Yes. Local Level 4 is NOT comprised solely of Center-eligible students. The "intended curriculum" is the same as a Center (like Haycock) but the peer groups are different. The principal decides how to fill the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I assume from your post that your family would actually move and buy a home in the Haycock district?? If your local school is going to offer AAP then you can not go to Haycock AAP. Is this correct? In that case I wouldn't move-seems a drastic step just be in a what you "think" may be a better AAP program. It is a great program at haycock I just don't know if I could go to the level of moving a home when I know my already comfortable local school will be starting a AAP.

This is incorrect. If accepted to AAP, they have choice of going to center, or staying in local school if LLIV is offered there.

[Anonymous]

Do you know how many kids are in AAP at Franklin-Sherman? If it's 18-25, I would consider keeping them at the base school, anything less than that and the program would get too watered down (a lot of people would argue that all local level 4 programs are too watered down). Talk to the other parents to see if they are commiting to say at the local school.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if there will be 18-25 kids in the AAP program at Franklin Sherman since this is a small school. I talked to one of the 2nd grade parents, she said there are only 2 1/2 second grade classes, appx. 60 kids.

[Anonymous]

Is your child in AAP?

There are advantages to having a child who had good scores but was found ineligible when you are in a school with local level IV. There are usually slots left in the AAP class to fill and principals often consider those children for placement.

If your child is AAP eligible, consider whether they are more socially oriented and would want to stay with their friends or whether they are academically so far ahead that their needs are more likely to be met at the center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there will be 18-25 kids in the AAP program at Franklin Sherman since this is a small school. I talked to one of the 2nd grade parents, she said there are only 2 1/2 second grade classes, appx. 60 kids.

Maybe check the school profile page on the FCPS website? As I recall, the student membership is broken out by grade.