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Apparently not in my son’s case. I am so disappointed in this process. I feel like he is a kid who would really flourish and do awesome in AAP, and he is not being given the chance despite having the scores, GBRS etc. Just the frickin’ NNAT when he was in first grade was 116. He was 6. He has matured and has learned how to focus SO much since then, thus the high test scores, grades and GBRS. But hmmm... even though he’s considered gifted according to the WISC, not enough for FCPS. This is why I am thinking about private school. But am wondering if it’s worth their investment in elementary or better to wait until Middle School. No idea. [/quote]

PP here.  The process is so much more random than most people realize.  Your kid should have been an easy admission, and the whole thing makes no sense at all.  I doubt the NNAT is the deciding factor, though.  Either you're saying something in the parent referral that is alienating the panel members, or you have really bad luck and your kid landed on the "reject everyone" table both years.  I bet your child's teacher and AART are baffled by the rejection, also.

My 140s WISC child was leagues beyond his AAP classmates and got nothing at all out of the program, despite being skipped ahead in math.  He's in a much more rigorous school now, and he's much happier.  I'd strongly consider the private school or at least supplement with AoPS, where he'll learn 10x as much as he would have in FCPS AAP.[/quote]

First comment on this forum. 
My daughter scored 136 WISC which is 99 percentile. We moved to FCPS last fall so she missed the previous test in 1st grade. Whatever they did this year (NNAT I think, done after we submitted parent referral with WISC), she scored really low, like 75 percentile. I didn’t worry too much since I always thought high WISC is a more professional, systematic evaluation. Apparently I was wrong. I don’t know if it’s worthwhile to appeal at this point. [/quote]

There are other posters who will tell you that their 140+ or 135+ IQ DC is being well served by the AAP program (including my older DC, fwiw).  I'm not sure I'd take that I'd take that post as gospel.  Experiences vary.

In your shoes, I'd appeal. Also, realizing that this year has been so unusual, I'd also plan to reapply next fall, if the appeal doesn't succeed.[/quote]

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