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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe a solution would be for FCPS to WISC every child who doesn't get accepted into AAP in the first round (whether in-pool or parent/teacher-referred). It would cut down the expense of WISCing every single 2nd grader (which I've seen proposed on DCUM), but would still be a last resort for those kids whose parents don't know about or can't afford the WISC. Yes, there would still be some high potential kids who never make it to the screening committee at all, but there might be fewer of them.[/quote]

If they did this, then tons of parents will start parent referring just so their kids could get tested.  I'm not sure what is wrong with the current system (the private WISCing).  If you can afford it great.  If you choose not to allocate your money that way, then good for your family.  If you cannot afford it, there are reduced fee options with GMU, who people on the board have said is quite good.  If you fall somewhere in between - not qualifying for the reduced fees, but feel like you cannot afford it - then perhaps there might be some other method of appropriation of finances in your family, or maybe not.  I guess the families that are hit with this the most, are those that fall in between.

I personally think there are lots of famlies that "think" they fall in between, but really the education is not their priority.  If you can blow $400 on a single birthday party, of $1000 on travel soccer, then you can definitely afford testing. [/quote]

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