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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every child is tested in October of second grade to see if their test scores are eligible to be placed in a 'pool' of applicants for AAP placement.  The students are then considered on the basis of their test scores and teacher recs.  If they are accepted into the AAP program, they will either be placed in a separate class in their own school's AAP program.  If their school does not have an AAP program, they will be bussed to the nearest one (at least for the next school year- with the budget cuts taking place, the school board always talks about getting rid of the bussing).  [/quote]

What PP doesn't tell you is the system has been corrupted and that parents invest a lot of time and money coaching their children and doing test prep in pursuit of a slot in these programs because they view them as a ticket to Harvard.[/quote]

Um, no. (PP here) This is just what happened to my two kids.  They both got into GT.  We didn't coach.  We didn't prep.  They just made it to the pool with their own test scores and were selected later.[/quote]

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