New Budget Cutting AART positions

[Anonymous]

Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

100% I would really like to know what all these mommies think the AART does that requires a full-time position. So far, nobody has answered that question. I know that the AART at our school does a ton of stuff that is NOT AAP-related.

[Anonymous]

The more I see of Ms. Reid the less I like her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:AAP should be gone everywhere including level 4 programs. I’m glad it’s happening and my kid qualified for AAP.

So you agree with Seattle and NYC:

https://reason.com/2024/04/04/seattle-is-getting-rid-of-gifted-schools-in-a-bid-to-increase-equity/

Shut up about equity, PP. We all know that the vast majority of children in AAP are neither advanced, nor gifted. They just have ambitious parents.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

100% I would really like to know what all these mommies think the AART does that requires a full-time position. So far, nobody has answered that question. I know that the AART at our school does a ton of stuff that is NOT AAP-related.

You lack reading comprehension skills. This has been addressed multiple times here.

[Anonymous]

Some AARTs are great, some are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

100% I would really like to know what all these mommies think the AART does that requires a full-time position. So far, nobody has answered that question. I know that the AART at our school does a ton of stuff that is NOT AAP-related.

You lack reading comprehension skills. This has been addressed multiple times here.

No it hasn't - not all day every day. They've told us a little bit about what the AART does, but definitely not 8 hours a day, 5 days a week worth of work. Find it. Post it. Nobody has. Because they don't do it. They help in the office. We all know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

100% I would really like to know what all these mommies think the AART does that requires a full-time position. So far, nobody has answered that question. I know that the AART at our school does a ton of stuff that is NOT AAP-related.

You lack reading comprehension skills. This has been addressed multiple times here.

No it hasn't - not all day every day. They've told us a little bit about what the AART does, but definitely not 8 hours a day, 5 days a week worth of work. Find it. Post it. Nobody has. Because they don't do it. They help in the office. We all know it.

It's definitely there. You find it.

[Anonymous]

Our elementary school's AART is completely awful. She gave that annual parent meeting to explain the AAP program with an egregious air of superiority that only served to stoke AAP anxiety and competitiveness amongst parents. It was a similar attitude when I tried to talk to her 1:1. I imagine parents complained because when I attended two years later for my younger daughter, her tone had a notable shift. There were even a couple times where I could tell she was going to start down her typical path but stopped herself. She doesn't come to work to enrich the experience of the kids, but rather to judge. She did nothing to help when my 2nd grade kiddo's work samples were terrible, we had to do it on our own. She said she "couldn't comment."

So ya, wouldn't shed a tear if her hours are cut to 1/2 time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

100% I would really like to know what all these mommies think the AART does that requires a full-time position. So far, nobody has answered that question. I know that the AART at our school does a ton of stuff that is NOT AAP-related.

You lack reading comprehension skills. This has been addressed multiple times here.

No it hasn't - not all day every day. They've told us a little bit about what the AART does, but definitely not 8 hours a day, 5 days a week worth of work. Find it. Post it. Nobody has. Because they don't do it. They help in the office. We all know it.

It's definitely there. You find it.

Are we 10 years old? Nah nah nah boo boo?

I read what you wrote, PP, your AART teaches a specials class and does the AAP packages twice a year. First, that's not common across all schools, and second, I still don't think that warrants a full-time person. But if you want to lobby for that when almost everyone else on this thread (most of whom are AAP parents) disagree with you, by all means, let the school spend almost $6 Million on this that could go to serve ALL students instead of just a small subset of advanced kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Our ES AART provided no value. The pull outs were meh. They also didn’t work with the LLIV program. They focused on level III in the upper grades and then K-2. At the center school the AART played no role with the program that I could discern. I’m sure there are great ones, but I don’t think they make a real difference. I put them right up there with the coaches.

100% I would really like to know what all these mommies think the AART does that requires a full-time position. So far, nobody has answered that question. I know that the AART at our school does a ton of stuff that is NOT AAP-related.

You lack reading comprehension skills. This has been addressed multiple times here.

No it hasn't - not all day every day. They've told us a little bit about what the AART does, but definitely not 8 hours a day, 5 days a week worth of work. Find it. Post it. Nobody has. Because they don't do it. They help in the office. We all know it.

It's definitely there. You find it.

Are we 10 years old? Nah nah nah boo boo?

I read what you wrote, PP, your AART teaches a specials class and does the AAP packages twice a year. First, that's not common across all schools, and second, I still don't think that warrants a full-time person. But if you want to lobby for that when almost everyone else on this thread (most of whom are AAP parents) disagree with you, by all means, let the school spend almost $6 Million on this that could go to serve ALL students instead of just a small subset of advanced kids.

For all you know the posters that hate their AART are parents at the same school referring to the same person.

I and others will continue to fight for the AAP program to stay intact because it benefits FCPS while bitter parents like you will continue to do anything you can to chip away at AAP until there is nothing left.

[Anonymous]

The AART has no role in level 4 centers.

[Anonymous]

Our AART has had years to show us her value....but the level 3 progress reports come home blank or not at all, and my child actually thought they were dropped from level 3 because for a long time pull outs weren't happening....

[Anonymous]

Our ES AART changed from a part timer to a full timer a few years ago but parents feel their kids get less support from the full timer. The new full timer doesn’t pullout level 3 or teach enrichment lessons. She asked classroom teachers to provide work samples to submit for screening. Besides that she claims she provides resources to teachers for differentiation (which I doubt) I don’t know what she has been doing. The previous part time AART was so good that I didn’t even know she was only there part time. She communicated with parents in detailed emails, pulled kids out to get good work samples, etc. The new AART did none of these.

[Anonymous]

I think one of the jobs AART does is to make sure all AAP cohorts are diverse enough with kids of all colors and special needs, as well as identifying Young Scholars which may not be the case at other schools but at both my kids schools they tend to be upper middle class kids with just darker colors who are also level 3 and 4 AAP kids.