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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be advised that high IQ is not a factor to admission. DD was was in gifted program prior to moving to FCPS. DD did not impress her FCPS teacher which is a big part of AAP eligibility. DD has genius IQ . DD did not get in to AAP. [/quote]

Do you feel that moving into FCPS in 2nd grade makes it much harder for a child to get into Level 4, now that you have lived through your experience?

Let me give you an example.  My older child moved into another county in 1st grade.  They had early math tracking, and gave my child the test.  [b]In a somewhat unorthodox fashion, they referred to math equations as "number sentences[/b]".  Due to that unusual language, my child failed the test, and was placed into on-grade math.  Thankfully, other pathways existed, and by 6th grade she was 2 full years ahead of the grade level mathematics.

I am worried about a similar situation if we move into the FCPS late in the game, and wondering what idiosyncrasies exist in that jurisdiction.[/quote]

That [i]is[/i] orthodox.  Equations are number sentences.  And, as you indicated, math tracking in 1st grade had your DC 2 years ahead in math in 6th grade, so it sounds like that school did it well.[/quote]

OP here - thanks!  We were unfamiliar with that language.  The school system was amazing at the elementary level, I agree.  Miss it a lot, but we don't live there anymore.[/quote]

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