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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
I think this experience is very much the exception, not the rule. My ES has great communication but there is no way the AART could make personal calls like that. I think that is expecting too much. Some, such as ours, are part time split between two schools. Schools have variable communication sure and parents take variable responsibility. Seriously OP forget about assigning blame and just get the info you need. If you really are interested and think it is right for your kid it shouldn’t be a big deal to ask for info.[/quote]

I agree that it is the exception and not the rule, but it shouldn't be.  The only people who would be called are the ones with high scores who are not in pool and who didn't already submit an AAP application or indicate that they would be submitting one.  That's maybe 10 kids.  It wouldn't even need to be a call.  The AART could send out an email to the parents of those kids urging them to fill out an AAP parent referral.  I wouldn't have applied for my older kid if the AART hadn't called.  I knew about AAP, but was under the impression that the bar to get in was much higher than it actually is.  I would love to see the stats on the number of kids who are high achieving, would get high GBRS, and have scores in the 120s who don't parent refer.  [/quote]

They can't call people with high scores that did not submit a packet because then it is too late.

And while there are some people who are very interested in getting their kids into AAP, there is a decent percentage who have kids accepted into AAP and choose to defer the option. The AART said that over half the kids accepted into AAP at our school defer that option. I know a bunch of families who deferred, some who accepted, and some who applied late (4th grade for 5th) and moved.

I think the NNAT and COgAT scores need to go home with an AAP explanation so that parents have a better understanding of part of why these tests are given in the first place. There is a mention in the letter but it is a very brief mention. And the in pool letter we received did not provide much information at all.

FCPS needs to do a better job of informing parents about the option. That means making sure more families know that AAP is an option when kids are in earlier grades and when older kids are being enrolled. [/quote]

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