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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
 good to know the committee was moved by your appeal. (You'd think they'd already know what gifted kids need...)
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DP.  Really, though, the committee is just made up of a mixture of school administrators, school psychologists, 2nd grade teachers, AAP teachers, AARTs, special ed teachers, etc. who've had a brief training on what to look for when reviewing AAP applications.  I wouldn't expect them to be experts on giftedness or especially on kids with a 145+ IQ, who are still quite rare in FCPS, despite what people claim on dcum.

For PP's kid, it sounds like the 2nd grade teacher didn't understand PP's kid and thought he was a PITA, so she gave a very low GBRS.  Then, the selection panel could have included one person who thought that a low motivation score means that the kid wouldn't have wanted to be in AAP, so they were protecting the kid by rejecting them.  Another person on the panel might be the type who thinks that high test scores + low GBRS means a prepped, but average kid.  Perhaps an AAP teacher on the panel prefers having bright people pleasers in her classroom over gifted but difficult kids, and judged accordingly.

This is why so many PPs suggested ways to try to get a higher GBRS in the first place.  
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