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[quote=Anonymous]I have always heard that FCPS is great for the bulk of the students in the middle of the bell curve. 
I figured we'd be in that middle so we decided to put our kids in FCPS rather than private.

Well, it turned out that we had one kid end up in Special Ed and then the other in AAP. 
Both are in college now.

For the Special Ed kid, things were great up until 2nd grade, good to so-so up until 6th grade. Middle school was a mess. 9th and 10 grades were disasters. We ended up putting the kid in private school for 11th and 12th grade.

For the AAP kid, things started off pretty rocky because they didn't feel engaged at school. Was not identified for AAP in 2nd grade but entered in 4th. Things were amazing from 4th through middle school. The pandemic did hit hard but still did academically well during virtual school. Had the absolute best 12th grade with a full load of AP courses and fantastic teachers.

For both kids, we did spend thousands on outside support. We couldn't rely on FCPS to tell us what they needed- heck, they "misdiagnosed" both of them. I'd say the worst part was dealing with Special Ed services. The slowness, the bureaucracy, and the attitudes of folks we dealt with made me wish we had pulled the Special Ed kid a lot sooner, but I kept wanting to work things out with the schools. [/quote]

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