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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We switched from private to AAP in 3rd grade. I figured if he was going to be bored, he might as well be bored for free vs. $30k+ per year. That tuition money pays for a lot of enrichment activities.[/quote]
Enrichment activities are a huge time suck opportunity cost, if you can already get some of that during school hours. Time with family, friends, sleep is a priceless currency in our house and likely other families too.[/quote]
Right.  A lot of opportunity costs covered in Private.
Everyone’s situation is different.  My kid was an AAP center which had a lot of politics and BS.  Best thing would could have ever done was move her.  Now she’s much more comfortable.  [/quote]

We have one child who went through Haycock and Longfellow in AAP and is not at McLean and another child with similar abilities but different personality who we moved to private.  Haycock AAP was great overall for our child who went there, [b]although I've heard it's been watered down since that time so definitely ask around[/b].  At Longfellow, there really is no AAP program anymore.  My AAP kid took all Honors at Longfellow, which is open to all kids and is pretty basic.  It was fine, but not as engaging as Haycock AAP (for example, at Haycock in addition to having advanced math, they did Latin stems, read Junior Greats and Shakespeare, and did lots of interesting projects (engineered "roller coasters", completed in National History Day, etc.)).  The teachers at Longfellow are strong though -- lots of experience, related to the kids, etc.  Math instruction in particular was great.  And there are a lot of after school options -- competitions like Science Olympiad and Debate team and activities just for fun like sports, arts, etc.[/quote]

Not sure if it's VDOE's changes to the math standards or an FCPS decision or both, but posters over on the AAP forum are reporting that advanced math standards cover a lot less than in prior years. My kids are no longer in FCPS AAP so I can't vouch for that.[/quote]

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