Reply to Try FCPS AAP center for 2-3 weeks and switch to private?

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Try FCPS AAP center for 2-3 weeks and switch to private?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Let's say I talk to my child, and that we agree on sending him to private next year because we don't want the tuition to burn for next year. 
[b]Can he still see the FCPS AAP for the first three weeks of semester next year, so that at least he has an idea of what the school is like there. Is there any downside of him being at FCPS AAP for the first three weeks, given he knows he will switch to private for the rest of the year, and he may consider the AAP for the 6th grade? [/b]
[/quote]

It's a terrible idea.  What if he hates it?  There's no point to going to a school for 2 weeks only.  Even worse, what if he loves it and makes a best friend?  Then he would leave.

More likely, he would not even start to fit in, since his time is so short.  So it would just be a miserable useless experience.

Pick a school and send him there.[/quote]

Look, I don't know why anyone here insisting on not understanding. I already mentioned that he wants to have a choice, and this plan excites him. He does not have any attachment yet to either private or the FCPS AAP center. No friends. No familiarity. He wants to see both. If he likes AAP for the first 3 weeks, that's great information for him and he can continue. If he hates it, great info for him so he can continue with private for the rest of the year.

He has never been in a classroom with more than 15 kids, or at any public school.  [/quote]

This is not his decision.  You are the parent.  This is your decision.[/quote]

Let's say our family values his opinion.[/quote]

DP. I have a similar aged child and I value her opinion on public vs private (she has been in both). I've also always insisted that it's ultimately my decision. Among other reasons, when she wishes she was somewhere else (no school is perfect, and kids have phases) it's important that it not be "well, you picked this." That level of responsibility is inappropriate for a 10 year old. So is giving them the choice to forfeit a year of tuition, and honestly I doubt you can prevent him from feeling the financial pressure there.

Entry year also matters. Most public ES run K-6, so if you commit to private for 5th with the option to go back to FCPS in 6th if he likes his two weeks, he's changing schools 3 times: 5th, 6th, 7th. And 5th is the year AAP math accelerates, so he may need to catch up to join 6th grade AAP.

All of this points to you doing private through 6th, IMO, unless you are willing to skip private altogether. So just commit to it and don't make everybody unhappy with a 2 week tourist visit to FCPS.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics