Please recommend educational consultant for AAP/GT in FCPS process
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Anonymous
| We are completely new to this. Our DC is currently in a private school that is not teaching math and writing at VA state grade-level. It's been frustrating. We are interested in looking at FCPS as an option. DC recently took the WISV-IV and scored in the 97th percentile, with especially strong verbal and perceptual scores. Does anyone have a recommendation for an outside educational consultant with expertise in this area? We would like to find someone who could offer us some guidance. |
Anonymous
| I have no recommendation, but if you do find any possibilities, would you please post their names/contact info here? My DC is in the AAP program (will start at the middle school AAP center in the fall) and we are seeking guidance on what to do about high school. We are zoned for an IB high school and DC wants AP. We are guessing that TJ would not be a good fit. |
Anonymous
| My god! are we facing a industry to provide consultation to get kids into AAP? this is wrong. |
Anonymous
Agreed. If you need an educational consultant to get your kid in this program there is a problem. |
Anonymous
10:01 here -- my kids are already in AAP. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Sorry to offend. I just thought if there was someone who could help us navigate something new to us, that it would be a useful resource. Didn't expect to illicit this type of response. |
Anonymous
Does the psychologist that administered the WISC have any experience with FCPS/AAP? I know there are some psychologists in the northern Virginia area that have such expertise and perhaps one of those could provide some guidance. |
Anonymous
You'll have to forgive some of the responses. Because boards like these have such voluminous queries about AAP, it is easy to think you need to be guided through it. Truth is, you can find most of what you need to know on the FCPS website under Advanced Academic Programs -- there are also school-based orientations for parents when your kids are in the lower grades. Most of the psychologists I've seen mentioned here, both private and with George Mason have ample experience with the AAP process and AAP parents. Good luck, but don't worry. |
Anonymous
Historically, a 97 percentile on the WISC is borderline for AAP/GT classes. It would require additional test scores and classroom work. |
Anonymous
| You are paying for private school that isn't teaching math and writing... Why are you paying for that. Figure out your fcps school , call make an appt. and go register or takes tour. If you decide to enroll then ask the school about AAP. If you are in fairfax county then it's too late for the 2013-14 school year. But if your child isn't even learning grade level math and writing.. Then at this point aap isnt appropriate amywAy. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Thanks to those with recommendations. I'll see what we can do.
We are making up at home what isn't happening in the classroom. I agree it's not worth paying for, hence the interest in moving DC. |
Anonymous
You can pupil place to a high school with an AAP program using a form on the FCPS website, you may not need an educational consultant. |
Anonymous
| I'm sure you won't feel confortable sharing, but if you would say the school, I'd love to know. We're considering moving DC to private and I'd hate to waste money on a school that was not even as good as FCPS. |
Anonymous
you mean AP, not AAP. |
Anonymous
Thanks for catching that 
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