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If FCPS isn’t admitting gifted children into AAP, which legally serves as its gifted program, then it needs to provide gifted services to this population of students.  And as a taxpayer and parent of two kids not in AAP, it is pretty appalling that we are spending the amount of money and resources on AAP and excluding kids if the program isn’t even doing what it is designed to do. [/quote]

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/LocalPlanGifted2016to2021.pdf

FCPS is deciding eligibility for services based on factors without any clear thresholds. FCPS can determine that your child was eligible for LIII but not LIV.  [b]As a taxpayer, you are not entitled to LIV services just because you believe your child will benefit from it. [/b] Similar to not qualifying for TJ though you believe your child will succeed there.  Or not getting accepted to The Potomac School though you believe your child's package supports acceptance. No different than college acceptances, job offers, etc.  Whenever you get in front of a committee of people to evaluate an individual, there is always a chance that the individual isn't successful though they may fully qualified for the endeavor.  Given the parents on this board have also dealt with rejection in their own careers and lives, I'm surprised that we are so ill prepared to teach our kids how to succeed without getting mired in the "what is wrong with the system" view.  [/quote]

Oh GMAB.  These aren't just parents having a tantrum because they think their child is smarter than the child is.  These are parents that have objective proof that their child is technically gifted or even highly gifted.  FCPS has a legal obligation to provide gifted services to gifted children.  They can't just massage the definition of gifted to exclude kids that are actually gifted -- by doing so, there effectively isn't a gifted mandate.  Also, you, like many other PPs, don't seem to understand the history and importance of gifted programs.  Hint - They're NOT for kids who will be fine but bored in gen ed.  It's not a case of whining that your child might have a slightly lower chance of a good college.  It's more a case of worrying that [b]your highly gifted child will become so disengaged with school [/b]and so socially out of the loop that they turn to drugs, drop out of school, commit suicide, significantly underachieve or any of the other things that are actually MORE common for gifted children who are not receiving any services or interventions.

Kids with gifted level WISC scores and low GBRS are precisely the kids who need AAP the most.  The kids with the high GBRS are likely to succeed in any educational environment.  AAP is nice for them, but they certainly don't need it.[/quote]

If your child is scoring in the 'highly gifted' range, please don't be under the false presumption that FCPS LIV AAP is the solution for your child.  You have absolutely NO idea about the program, if that is the case.  AAP LIV, though marketed as FCPS's answer to gifted/talented, is clearly not a real gifted and talented program because the broad swath that FCPS lays is to cover about 20% of the kids in FCPS.  As the parent of the child that scored 150+ on the WISC, I hope you know that 20% of the population does not get ~150.  As many posters have suggested, put in some hard work to find a suitable solution for your child.  It doesn't always involve money because if a child is scoring at that level, there are lots of programs out there with minimal cost outlay.  LIV AAP will certainly not be responsive to your child's need and all the time you're wasting on trying to get them into the program could have been spent on finding the right solution for your highly gifted child.  It's a really big mismatch that you're not wanting to understand.[/quote]

You've posted this about a dozen times across different threads.  I've yet to see you explain how this child is better off in gen ed vs AAP.[/quote]

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