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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don't like private school people who give the impression their kid is too special for public gen ed. It was offputting to them that you keep applying and then sending your kid back to private.[/quote]

Agree. And he's certainly not getting in with 120s on the IQ test. Scores that low are only good for underrepresented minorities, ESL, etc.[/quote]
The overwhelming majority of kids in AAP have IQs in the 120s.  Around 16-20% of the 3rd-6th grade FCPS kids are admitted into AAP.  A 120 IQ is the 90th percentile.  A 130 is the 97.5th percentile.  Fairfax County is not that special and is not overflowing with gifted kids.  The only reason that the CogAT and now NGAT scores are so high is that people prep for these tests, while the tests were normed using kids who didn't prep.

The issue isn't that the WISC is "too low".  Packets are viewed holistically.  The issue is probably that there isn't anything else in the packet to suggest that the kid needs advanced academics.  They're going to ignore the teacher's rating, since the kid is coming from private.  OP didn't say that any achievement scores were included, so there's no way to know whether the kid is an advanced reader or advanced in math.  We don't know if any work samples were included, and if so, whether they were any good.  On top of that, they're going to view OP's kid negatively, since OP likely gave the impression that they viewed their kid as too good for regular FCPS classes.

If a 129 WISC is the only thing of any substance in the packet, then yeah.  A 129 is too low.  But focusing on the WISC in appeals rather than on the rest of a weak packet is a bad idea.  OP's kid probably could get admitted on appeals if OP can provide evidence that the kid is at least one year ahead in both math and language arts, and the kid is capable of producing high quality work.  That plus a letter clearly articulating why the kid's needs cannot be met in a regular classroom could be persuasive.  FWIW, I don't think even a 99.9th percentile WISC is "high enough" if the packet is otherwise weak.  [/quote]

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