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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with PP.  It is much easier to get into AAP now, particularly if you're willing to push.  What you need to consider as your child gets older is whether or not AAP is the place for her.  My oldest was in AAP when it was called GT and really thrived because the work came easy to him, was challenging and he was very into school.  My other two stayed at their base school and were leaders and at the top of their classes. They're now both in middle school and doing better than many AAP kids, even in in Honors Algebra and Geometry.  Should I have pushed to get them in AAP?  While I'm sure each could have handled it, I never even referred because I know every kid is different and sensed they'd be happy at our neighborhood school. I've never regretted my decision.

Given how young your daughter is, I wouldn't worry about AAP just yet.  While second grade will be here before you know it, there's no guarantee that the AAP program then will look like it does now.  The current philosophy seems to be making the centers more inclusive and getting more Level IV programs in neighborhood schools.  The idea that advanced kids need to be at a separate center to find critical mass is tough argument to make these days given the volume of kids in AAP    [/quote]

Excellent advice here!

I especially like:
[quote]Should I have pushed to get them in AAP?  While I'm sure each could have handled it, I never even referred because [b]I know every kid is different[/b] and sensed they'd be happy at our neighborhood school. I've never regretted my decision.[/quote]

My two kids are in AAP and they were not very happy at their base school. Now at their AAP Center they are happy and have great friends that "get" them, each in their own unique way.  (And no, I did not "push" them into AAP. :D )

I also like:
[quote]The idea that advanced kids need to be at a separate center to find critical mass is tough argument to make these days [b]given the volume of kids in AAP[/b][/quote]

I agree with this, too! Some schools (such as Spring Hill ES and Wolf Trap ES, both with Local Level IV programs) have enough kids in the base school to meet the "critical mass" measure. Other schools do not. "Volume" of Center eligible AAP students is not consistent from school to school across the county.

You can get a sense of how many children from your base school are AAP Center eligible by using Dashboard:

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/dashboard/

Go to the Capacity and Enrollment dashboard, then select the elementary school you would like to view. Then mouseover the "AAP Out" bar (it is the blue bar) to see how many students from that base school that have transferred out.  For Lane ES, there are a total of 46 students (total of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders) that have opted for the assigned AAP Center. That is not as great a "critical mass" as schools such as Spring Hill and Wolf Trap.[/quote]

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