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[quote=Anonymous]I know of very wealthy parents who prepped their kids and their kids didn’t get in. They just didn’t cut it- despite the extra prepping, the added testing- the schools said “no.”

I get that the stigma is that only rich kids get into AAP. I see some of that. I also see poor kids get into it too. I also see a lot of middle class white parents not getting into it.

But what is the equalizer: the kid wants to be there. The kid wants to learn.

And the kid can handle the work load.

I get that a lot of parents hate it. But without it-FCPS would not be a juggernaut it is. You take it away: you get Stafford county schools. People will move and just abandon the area.

So what can you do if your precious snowflake doesn’t get in?

Continue to supplement and prep at home. By middle school- it all goes away and your kid can get into the honors classes and you can see if they really are gifted like you think they are or if they are not, like they think they are. And it really does become a wash.

It’s not about equity. AAP never was designed for that. It was designed to attract type A parents to the area to build a tax base that is robust enough to attract businesses and money.

You want equity: move to Montgomery county and see the difference. [/quote]

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