Do you love your FCPS elementary school?

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Anonymous wrote:Small school. Kids are very aware if they are the smart kids in AAP or they're not. Awful. The whole FCPS model of centers, of separating kids in 3rd grade is awful. My fault I didn't know enough when we moved to FCPS. Would not have moved here.

Which school?

Maybe your fault for not having a smart kid?

FCPS teacher here - very few aap kids are actually smarter. It's a mixed bag of "has pushy parents," works really hard (but is in no way brilliant), and developed early or was redshirted. Here and there a true genius - but it's rare.

How do we know you are the real FCPS teacher here?
It's more likely you're a sour grape parent whose dumb kids couldn't get in AAP.

Please tell me this was a troll. I have 2 kids in AAP, and one who is not. I am appalled that an adult would say this, calling another person's child dumb?

So a kid cannot be dumb? If yes, what's the problem of telling the truth on an anonymous forum? Stop being a hypocrite!

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We love our school, Virginia Run. It has a really friendly neighborhood school feel even though several different neighborhoods are zoned for the school. Have had 4 excellent teachers and 1 decent one.

(Must every thread turn into an AAP debate, guys?)

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^ yes, it's the essence of FCPS.

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Mosby Woods. A community school with an AAP center. Great teachers - AMAZING teachers, actually! Great families. Very involved parents. Strong and friendly PTA.

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Anonymous wrote:^ yes, it's the essence of FCPS.

No, it's not, it's the essence of FCPS on DCUM. Huge difference.

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Anonymous wrote:We love our school, Virginia Run. It has a really friendly neighborhood school feel even though several different neighborhoods are zoned for the school. Have had 4 excellent teachers and 1 decent one.

(Must every thread turn into an AAP debate, guys?)

+1 On both points. We've been really happy at Virginia Run, as well. We are planning to move soon and will be sad to leave this school.

Agree that the AAP debate needs to be moved to its own thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Mosby Woods. A community school with an AAP center. Great teachers - AMAZING teachers, actually! Great families. Very involved parents. Strong and friendly PTA.

yay! We are moving into this school.

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Anonymous wrote:Did not love Wolftrap ES- many neighbors with older kids than ours were also lukewarm.

NP. We love it and the area. Oldest is in gen ed. We don't know yet if our youngest will be in gen ed or AAP but either way she will stay at Wolftrap.

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Anonymous wrote:Small school. Kids are very aware if they are the smart kids in AAP or they're not. Awful. The whole FCPS model of centers, of separating kids in 3rd grade is awful. My fault I didn't know enough when we moved to FCPS. Would not have moved here.

Which school?

Maybe your fault for not having a smart kid?

FCPS teacher here - very few aap kids are actually smarter. It's a mixed bag of "has pushy parents," works really hard (but is in no way brilliant), and developed early or was redshirted. Here and there a true genius - but it's rare.

How do we know you are the real FCPS teacher here?
It's more likely you're a sour grape parent whose dumb kids couldn't get in AAP.

Please tell me this was a troll. I have 2 kids in AAP, and one who is not. I am appalled that an adult would say this, calling another person's child dumb?

So a kid cannot be dumb? If yes, what's the problem of telling the truth on an anonymous forum? Stop being a hypocrite!

I cannot believe I am even replying to this post. I do not see anything hypocritical in my post. The fact that you are saying that a child who is not in AAP, must be "dumb" is so immature and childish I cannot believe an adult would say such a thing. The only people I hear use such language are preschoolers and early elementary school students. As I said, one of my children is not in AAP. He is most certainly not "dumb", but again, I cannot believe an adult would use that word. Are there children with different academic abilities? Certainly. IMO, none of them are "dumb".

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not talking about just loving one particular teacher or class, but really feeling like you won the lottery because the whole package has been such a great experience.

If so, which school and what do you love about it? It would also be helpful if folks could specify whether their experience is with General Ed or AAP.

Generally like Willow Springs elementary. Active parent population. High academics. Wonderful new principal (thank god).

But, the "AAP v. 'gen. ed.'" is really, really, REALLY gross at Willow Springs. They are separate (field trips separate; different requirements for back to school packs as just a couple examples). There is a feeling of one is better, one gets preferential traeatment. And the kids know it. It's pretty bad. We are a level IV center school.

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Anonymous wrote:Small school. Kids are very aware if they are the smart kids in AAP or they're not. Awful. The whole FCPS model of centers, of separating kids in 3rd grade is awful. My fault I didn't know enough when we moved to FCPS. Would not have moved here.

Which school?

Maybe your fault for not having a smart kid?

FCPS teacher here - very few aap kids are actually smarter. It's a mixed bag of "has pushy parents," works really hard (but is in no way brilliant), and developed early or was redshirted. Here and there a true genius - but it's rare.

How do we know you are the real FCPS teacher here?
It's more likely you're a sour grape parent whose dumb kids couldn't get in AAP.

Please tell me this was a troll. I have 2 kids in AAP, and one who is not. I am appalled that an adult would say this, calling another person's child dumb?

So a kid cannot be dumb? If yes, what's the problem of telling the truth on an anonymous forum? Stop being a hypocrite!

I cannot believe I am even replying to this post. I do not see anything hypocritical in my post. The fact that you are saying that a child who is not in AAP, must be "dumb" is so immature and childish I cannot believe an adult would say such a thing. The only people I hear use such language are preschoolers and early elementary school students. As I said, one of my children is not in AAP. He is most certainly not "dumb", but again, I cannot believe an adult would use that word. Are there children with different academic abilities? Certainly. IMO, none of them are "dumb".

First of all, not all kids who qualify for AAP make that choice (we didnt. I also have a friend whose DH was a FCPS principal and he did not permit his kids to do AAP). At our school, some of the grades have equal or higher number of AAP classes v. non-AAP. Sorry, there are not that many kids in need of AAP. Even the AAP teachers in my school state that. The program has become a competitive thing, with hovering, pushy parents ensuring their kids need to go AAP.

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Just let it go. The poster who used the word dumb is just a quick and can't even stay on topic

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Our GenEd Canterbury Woods experience was also not good. I would choose another non-center school, if I had to do it again. It was a tough place in 3-6 grade for a hardworking, quiet, GenEd kid.

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Our experience at Olde Creek has been meh. Not awesome, not bad just mediocre at best.

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We are two years in at Providence and are very happy. Of course the principal is leaving but hopefully the new one will be just as good.