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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think parents in this area are obsessed with AAP. Kids will be gone even if they are not in AAP. 
Selection process is holistic but test scores and GBRS are the main ones. Reading is important but done kids do become advanced readers in 3rd and 4th grade. [/quote]

When I moved here, in my early 20s, my earnest co-workers said that I should move to Fairfax County when I had kids, for the GT program.  This was in DC.  AAP is well-known throughout the region and lots of families move here for it, including us.

I'm continually surprised at how oblivious the school board is to this.  I mean, I've realized over the years that parts of the FCPS administration is openly hostile towards AAP and is trying to get rid of it.  I thought the school board would have known better.  But they don't.  [/quote]

It goes both ways. When I was pregnant with my first one of my co-workers we call “Tiger Mom” was prepping her kid for tests and even had the dad take the younger kid on vacation for a week so her older child would have no distractions during test week. That sealed the deal for us on moving to Arlington. As two former “gifted kids”, we wanted no part of the AAP competitiveness for our own kids. According to these boards, my kid’s unprepped CogAT would be considered high and yet he has peers on his level in his “regular” classes and is happy and doing great. I don’t get the Lake Wobegone obsession in FFX of making sure everyone knows all the kids are above average or creating a caste system within the schools. 
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