AAP Appeals Questions Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a PP who has tracking showing delivered on the 13th. I still have not heard anything from them.

I would call them to confirm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a PP who has tracking showing delivered on the 13th. I still have not heard anything from them.

I would call them to confirm.

Yes, I am the PP who called on Monday, and was told that if no confirmation was received by Thursday, to call and ask. My confirmation was received on Tuesday. My understanding was that they planned on sending confirmations out as part of several batches, so I assume that they probably got delayed with the last few batches and there's nothing to worry about, but it certainly makes sense to call.

[Anonymous]

Just got a confirmation email for an appeal packet that was delivered on Monday May 13.

[Anonymous]

I am 08:33. I called earlier this am and they confirmed receipt. I got an email about 30 min ago as well. I got the impression from the conversation that the files were being grouped by school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a PP who has tracking showing delivered on the 13th. I still have not heard anything from them.

I would call them to confirm.

Yes, I am the PP who called on Monday, and was told that if no confirmation was received by Thursday, to call and ask. My confirmation was received on Tuesday. My understanding was that they planned on sending confirmations out as part of several batches, so I assume that they probably got delayed with the last few batches and there's nothing to worry about, but it certainly makes sense to call.

Thanks, I will call tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Did you receive the confirmation email?

[Anonymous]

I just got my confirmation email around noon today

[Anonymous]

Got mine today

[Anonymous]

Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

It’s a different committee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

It’s a different committee.

But who is on the committee? Like is it a group of AARTs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

It’s a different committee.

But who is on the committee? Like is it a group of AARTs?

AARTs, second grade teachers, etc. But a different set this time than the first time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

It’s a different committee.

But who is on the committee? Like is it a group of AARTs?

AARTs, second grade teachers, etc. But a different set this time than the first time.

Will a group of teacher review all appeals? Or a teacher group from a pyramid review appeals from another pyramid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

It’s a different committee.

But who is on the committee? Like is it a group of AARTs?

AARTs, second grade teachers, etc. But a different set this time than the first time.

Will a group of teacher review all appeals? Or a teacher group from a pyramid review appeals from another pyramid?

You're not going to get an acceptable answer to satisfy you here. Suffice to say that an equivalent committee that originally looked at your child's package will re-look at it again with the additional supporting materials. They may have the same opinion, or your arguments may have swayed them to overrule the original decision. Either way, you have no more transparency into this process than you did in the last one, nor is there an avenue to appeal after this stage. Therefore, it makes no difference for you to have that specific information. FCPS does its best to hide its internal processes to avoid scrutiny or prevent any more gaming than is currently done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone please explain who is on the appeals committee and how the decisions are made? Is it the same people that were on the original committee? Is it the same process? How many people look at a child's file?

It’s a different committee.

But who is on the committee? Like is it a group of AARTs?

AARTs, second grade teachers, etc. But a different set this time than the first time.

Will a group of teacher review all appeals? Or a teacher group from a pyramid review appeals from another pyramid?

You're not going to get an acceptable answer to satisfy you here. Suffice to say that an equivalent committee that originally looked at your child's package will re-look at it again with the additional supporting materials. They may have the same opinion, or your arguments may have swayed them to overrule the original decision. Either way, you have no more transparency into this process than you did in the last one, nor is there an avenue to appeal after this stage. Therefore, it makes no difference for you to have that specific information. FCPS does its best to hide its internal processes to avoid scrutiny or prevent any more gaming than is currently done.

I mean, you can re-apply next year. That's a sort of way to appeal.