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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fort Hunt does have AAP Level III (essentially a once a week pull out), which my 6th grader is in.  More details are here:

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/academic-overview/advanced-academic-programs[/quote]

Thank you!! Do you have any sense of how it compares to what they would get at Stratford? Are you happy with your choice? Really appreciate the info. [/quote]

My daughter did not qualify for AAP IV, and AAP Level III is a good fit for her.

From what I understand, level III is just one hour a week of advanced instruction, vs a full week / full year of instruction at essentially the year ahead. I would go to the AAP Level IV info night that the Fort Hunt AART (AAP teacher) is going to host in November (date TBD). At the general AAP  meeting a few weeks ago, she emphasized that the kids take the SOL for the grade ahead (not sure if it’s only in math, or all subjects). If your kid struggles in math but excels in reading, it’s easier for the teacher to give harder reading assignments. If they excel in math, they would get challenges in AAP level IV (so Stratford Landing for our corner of FCPS) that they wouldn’t get at Fort Hunt.

I have also heard about the challenges with the overall administration at Stratford that someone else brought up. But lots of parents I know have been happy there and say they don’t really notice it much on a day to day level, and the county seems to be keeping an eye on the principal and his management style…. So fingers crossed something changes soon, but I am not super worried about that based on what I have heard (both with kids in AAP and younger kids, but it’s their base school, and a neighbor who pupil placed her K due to a younger kid in special Ed preschool) [/quote]

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