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[quote=Anonymous]I had polar opposite experiences with my AA sons (who are now 17 and 20) in a highly-ranked FCPS elementary school. Both ended up qualifying for AAP, but I was really turned off my by my older son’s second grade teacher who told us they were concerned about our son falling through the cracks.

I’m sorry. What?!? I guess since he was quiet and well-behaved? Who knows.

At that point, we knew we had to be our son’s biggest advocate (not that we weren’t already planning to do so, but that comment was eye-opening because it told us the teacher wasn’t looking out for him). That son had very high standardized test scores and great report cards, yet was not included in the pull-outs for high-performing kids (not sure if they even still do these with the cuts to  AAP coordinators or whatever they’re called). He was admitted into AAP without an appeal and after we moved him to the Center, we never looked back. He graduated in 2023 and is now at a well regarded university.

Our second son had a completely different experience as his second grade teacher was pushing AAP for him at the fall conference. He was pulled out for services by the AAP Coordinator and was also admitted without an appeal. Ironically, we ended up moving him to private school in fifth grade even though I had zero complaints with his FCPS experience. He will be a senior in high school this year and I can’t believe we’ll be empty-nesters soon. Best wishes to you, OP. [/quote]

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