Anonymous wrote:OP here. The scripted answers to one parent but helpful and reviewing the packet of others? I have a sneaking suspicion she helps others more substantially and it bothers me. The entire process is maddening.

Why do you think your kid belongs in AAP? High test scores? Creativity?

I don’t think it is their job to help the parents. I think it is their job to Teach kids in the AAP program and make sure that the school does a good job putting together packets.

I would guess that a parent who has put in a packet 3 times is someone who sees things very differently then the AART and the Teachers. Different Teachers have helped write the GBRSs.

My AART is unhelpful and only gives generic answers. I have one kid in AAP and one gen ed who did not get in. I didn't get help on either. Kid in AAP just had much higher test scores. The answer is that simple most times.

I found our AART unhelpful when I had questions. She also seemed focused on a very specific type of imaginative thinker.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The scripted answers to one parent but helpful and reviewing the packet of others? I have a sneaking suspicion she helps others more substantially and it bothers me. The entire process is maddening.

Do you know she is helping others and not you?

I mean, I don’t know if that is the case but if it is, is she trying to politely tell you that your child is not cut out for AAP? I had one friend who referred her kid and seemed to think the GBRSs were eye opening. As she put it, her child was clearly very average.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The scripted answers to one parent but helpful and reviewing the packet of others? I have a sneaking suspicion she helps others more substantially and it bothers me. The entire process is maddening.

This sounds made up. Also, three times is too many. It’s fine to not be in AAP.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The scripted answers to one parent but helpful and reviewing the packet of others? I have a sneaking suspicion she helps others more substantially and it bothers me. The entire process is maddening.

Okay what makes you suspect others are getting help and what makes you suspect it’s the AART? There are other teachers on the committee.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The scripted answers to one parent but helpful and reviewing the packet of others? I have a sneaking suspicion she helps others more substantially and it bothers me. The entire process is maddening.

So you don't know this for a fact?

OP here. The scripted answers to one parent but helpful and reviewing the packet of others? I have a sneaking suspicion she helps others more substantially and it bothers me. The entire process is maddening.

Our schools policy was to not discuss LIV applications with families. The Teachers would not discuss LIV and the AART would not discuss LIV other then to discuss what the process was. The AART would not look at or provide guidance for packets.

I get it. The AART would spend a lot of time reviewing referral packets and I can see parents complaining that their kid wasn't accepted when the AART told them. The last audit points to parents putting pressure n the AART and Parents to change GBRSs and the like, imagine those same parents asking for the AART to review packets?

At our school, it is not something that you can expect help for. You can ask process questions and the like but that is about it.

They aren’t supposed to help with the application unless it’s things like timeline and where to find forms. I think you are expecting more than you’ll ever get.

Anonymous wrote:Is your AART helpful? Ours is not. This is out third year trying to get into AAP and we have repeatedly asked for assistance with our application and all we get our scripted answers that aren't particularly helpful Is that the norm? In particular we are looking for feedback on the samples we should include.

Their job isn't to get your kid in, it's to be neutral. Scripted answers are all you'll get.

You’re looking for too much OP especially given it is rhe 3rd time.

Ours was horrible also. I feel like they write your kid off if they were rejected the first time

Is your AART helpful? Ours is not. This is out third year trying to get into AAP and we have repeatedly asked for assistance with our application and all we get our scripted answers that aren't particularly helpful Is that the norm? In particular we are looking for feedback on the samples we should include.