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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 4th grader is in private school and we wanted to transfer him to public for 5th grade. We just got the decision tonight that he wasn't accepted. His current private school is known for being academically strong and he does well at school. We already tried to apply FCPS full-time AAP last two years and he didn't get in. He had high WISC score. Not sure what was wrong and it's quite frustrating. [/quote]

How about there is nothing wrong. You have a bright kid who is getting his needs met in a general education classroom at a private school. And he can continue to thrive in a general education classroom in FCPS. Some of you are so wound up in this narrative that your child is going to harmed if they’re not in an AAP class. It’s so wrong and bordering on entitled and gross. I can only imagine the stress you’re putting on your kid whether you think you are or not. Just stop. [/quote]

Not OP.  I think it's a bit more complicated than that.  OP didn't say how high the WISC was, so we don't know if OP's kid is merely bright or is beyond that.  We also don't know how well OP's kid's needs are being met in the private.

That being said, I had one of those bright gen ed kids who would have been in the top half of the AAP classroom, had she been admitted.  She was even at a Title I school, so had less of a peer group, less attention, frequently didn't even have a reading group (there were insufficient above grade level readers at her school).  She still got perfect scores on nearly every SOL, easily handled Algebra I in 7th, got 5s on tons of APs, and is a NMSF.  Very, very few kids are "harmed" by not being in AAP.  Ironically, AAP is set up to select the kids who will bloom wherever they're planted (except, obviously, my DD) and not necessarily the kids who need the extra push to do well.  If a kid is motivated and uses their free time constructively, they'll be fine in gen ed.  [/quote]

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