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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're interested in specialized programs, you forgot to mention FCPS's AAP (gifted) program for elementary school and middle school. APS has nothing comparable, AFAIK.[/quote] This was the biggest factor for us in picking APS. There is an intense amount of parent angling, test prep, and parent appeals to get kids placed in AAP. It is toxic. Seen many people go through it. Didn’t want to deal with it. [/quote] It depends on the school. Our sons ES had maybe 10 parents at the AAP informational meeting in second grade. People were not worried about AAP and a good number of the kids who were selected stayed at the base school. I know most of my friends ES where the same. The kids who moved to the Center were more the kids struggling socially at school. I know some folks who said their kid was bullied and AAP allowed them to change schools with less hassle. I take many of those accounts with a large grain of salt because I knew the kid and saw their behavior outside of school. There are other schools where the parents are crazy. I would avoid Navy and the ESs that feed into Langley and McLean, those seem to be the parents most AAP crazed. The main drive is getting their kids far enough ahead to be competitive for TJ. I actually think that TJ is more of the draw then AAP, AAP is just a tool to help get to TJ. The other people that we saw who became obsessed where our friends who looked for a cheap but big house and ended up at a Title 1 school. They didn't want to move, and give up the big house, but did not want their kid in a class with kids who were not reading by 2nd grade, AAP was their out. [/quote]
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