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[quote=Anonymous]I have a rising 7th grader who was selected for IV and never participated, because we moved out of the area due to Covid for his 3rd-6th grade years. We are moving back to the area and I am really confused about the MS AAP options as well as the various Vienna options. Since we are not tied to one specific address yet, we can pick a home based on preferred school. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, because it's just making it so complicated in my mind with all of the choices.

Here's what I'm working with --

- Twice exceptional, quirky kid
- Really into project-based learning - struggles with rote memorization
- Not as strong at math as other subjects
- Significant preference for Madison HS over Marshall HS, based on our experience with our older child

My questions --

1. The FCPS website makes it seem like the only difference between MS AAP and Gen Ed is that in AAP they are in all honors classes with the same cohort, and in Gen Ed they can be in as many honors classes as they want, with kids who may be in and out of honors classes based on subject area. Is this correct?

2. Would a quirky kid do better in an AAP program because of other quirky kids vs. more mainstream in Gen Ed, or am I overthinking the social aspect?

3. If AAP, is there a preference for Jackson vs. Kilmer? I prefer Kilmer's location as well as the (lack of) disciplinary issues compared to Jackson, but will all the Kilmer kids be mostly going to Marshall afterwards?

4. Where do the AAP MS kids who end up at Madison go to MS?

5. Will any of these places (Thoreau, Jackson, Kilmer) be an easier social transition for a kid who won't have a core group coming from elementary school because of moving from out of state? In other words, are any of them more likely to have more social changes going into 7th grade rather than everyone from elementary going to the same middle school?

6. One other option is Cooper, although it's less geographically desirable. If this could be a better option for a compelling reason I don't know about, let me know.

7. Is there anything else I'm not aware of that would be different between the schools? I think they offer basically the same things, right, in terms of classes, sports, extracurriculars? [/quote]

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