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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard of one case of prepping 5 years ago.  The parent was called to the school.  I didn't prep because I believe it sends the wrong message to my child, but now I hear about it regularly and just shake my head.  I think other parents assume that I prep because I'm Asian, but I truly hope that the school knows that my kid was not prepped.[/quote]

The parent was called to the school?  That sounds crazy.  FCPS chooses to base a significant decision affecting the quality of our children's education on tests that can be easily gamed and they called the parent in?   There are a lot of people prepping.  I didn't prep DC1 and had no idea about prepping at that point.  DC1 got into AAP, but  I later found out there is extensive prepping, and not just Asian moms.  I haven't decided what to do with DC2 yet, but would not mind getting called in to have the you prepped your kid conversation since I don't think that FCPS is handling the whole situation very well--plus while DC2 is very smart, I think private is a better fit than AAP so there will be no consequences if I do prep DC2 and get called in.  [b]I would, however, get satisfaction out of telling the person who calls me in about how ridiculous the selection process based on easily gamed tests is. [/b] FCPS needs to follow the trend seen in NY of not using these tests because the results have become invalid due to extensive prepping.  To the people who think there are one or two people prepping, have you seen the links to the various prep centers posted on this forum?  Why do you think these businesses exist, for the one or two people?[/quote]

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