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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi parents!

I am absolutely new to this process, so please excuse my dumb question. My child is in the 2nd grade in a private school and we applied to AAP program. The child was found ineligible. I am reviewing this forum and I am struggling to understand why. The scores were over 140, HOPE was good, tried our best with work samples. I have a number of questions and would appreciate your feedback:

(1) Does your school district impact your chances? We are in Woodson HS pyramid and parents are very competitive here. I see on this forum that kids get in with much lower scores even in 120s but maybe from less competitive school districts? Is it even a thing?

(2) I already scheduled a WISC testing (hello, another $500!). I guess if the child scores over 99%, it makes sense to appeal?

(3) Does it impact our chances that we are coming from a private school? I feel like most people getting admitted are already in the school district?

(4) I understand this is level IV AAP. If we don’t get on appeal, are there any other programs the child can get in mid-year (like advanced math for example)? Or will it only be in 4th grade? Looking at curriculum for 3rd grade, I am afraid the child will be bored in math class in particular as that is what they studied in 2nd grade at school.

(5) Besides WISC, what else can we submit on appeal? We attached a lot of math and stem samples before. The child is also fluent in 3 languages, so we attached work samples. What would be helpful on appeal?

Thanks a lot for any feedback you can provide

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I think it is very hard to get in from a private school. FCPS wants to see the child in their curriculum first hand. There is a bias against those who dont attend county schools. The county views AAP as a service to those children who have exceled in general education. Your child didnt even participate in general ed. And they have so many families who are in county already to evaluate.

My son moved to public school in 3rd grade and was very clearly advanced and bored in gen ed. The class repeated what he had already learned in 2nd grade private (i think this is true of most private school curriculum). We didnt make a big fuss about it, but he was moved to advanced math part way through the year and was principal placed in AAP for 4th grade. We only officially applied before 5th grade and he was accepted.

Unfortunately you might have to play their gen ed game before your child gets recognized.[/quote]

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