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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Well, I disagree with the approach here. TO me, late is late--I would and will (vigorously) object if this happens. My son is in the pool and we're talking about kids who didn't score high enough on the standardized tests--nationally recognized benchmarks for GT success; afterall, the vast majority of kids with cut-off score make it, the opposite is true for those that don't. I would think these parents, if they felt so strongly about applying and that the tests don't fully measure their child's potential, would have filled out the 1 page form weeks ago. It seems like we're making excuse for the exception and not for those the program is intended. [/quote]

I believe you are making two points here.  The first is that you don't understand what a deadline is.  You believe that parents should have submitted their referrals early and now should be punished for not doing so.  Anyway, regardless of whether it is too late "TO you," it is not too late for FCPS, as they have posted an announcement on the website that referrals will still be accepted.  Good luck in your campaign to reverse this policy after it's already been posted online and relied upon by dozens if not hundreds of parents over the past several days.

Your second point is that you don't seem to think there should be any referral process at all.  You're entitled to your opinion, but again, you don't understand the process.  Of course the tests are benchmarks and are useful in identifying children.  However, there ARE children who are not in the pool but nonetheless belong in the Center.  The cutoff score is roughly 98th percentile - do you seriously think a child with 98th percentile scores is vastly more qualified for the Center than a child with 95th percentile scores?  That's a rhetorical question - it doesn't matter what you think because fortunately FCPS doesn't agree with you that test scores are the only determinative factor.  They have a referral process and they allow for the submission of other materials, both for children in and not in the pool, that might demonstrate why those children belong in the Center.  Finally, your broad statements that "the vast majority in the pool make it and the opposite is true for those who aren't" is wrong.  Go back to an earlier page in the thread where someone posted some of the numbers; a good number of kids who are parent-referred end up in the Center.      [/quote]

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