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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I asked for my DC to be principal placed in a non-center school that has a robust local IV (AAP kids are pulled out together for the core subjects.) I was waiting for the appeal decision and was covering all my bases in case the appeal was rejected.

In short, the principal said no.  He said my child’s score on some internal school specific test were not high enough.  I did not even know such a test had been given.  It turns out it is a test full of third, fourth, and fifth grade math questions.  The only way my kid would know how to answer was if they had been accelerating in Kumon or some such outside class when they were only in second grade.  We had not been doing that type of enrichment, but if we had, I have no doubt my DC would have done great because they are exceptionally strong in math.The test was basically just  a mechanism for the principal to use an excuse to turn down all/most of the parents who probably ask him to principal place their child. Naturally, the whole thing is very untransparent so it is impossible to know if the principal applies the same standard to every kid.

At the end of the day DC got in on appeal and is thriving in AAP.  I am still a little peeved that the system really seems to have been built to keep a very smart AND hard working kid out of AAP, but thankfully me and my spouse kept pushing and turned in a really great appeal packet using the information on this board.

So bottom line - if you think your kid needs to be in AAP keep pushing every angle you have.[/quote]What was the test?[/quote]

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