Not OP but why do you say this?

Anonymous wrote:I think you'd be happier at Chesterbrook or Franklin Sherman.

I think you'd be happier at Chesterbrook or Franklin Sherman.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admission is based on a child's ability, not achievement, so there is no one school that could better prepare a child than another.

Among the kids at Haycock, no one seems to care who is in the program and who is not. The kids in AAP do not see the kids in general ed very often.
The entire school seems to benefit from the additional funding and resources that are given to an AAP center school.

Don't some schools help prepare students to perform better on aptitude tests than others?

Is AAP the same as "Level IV"?

Do AAP parents call Level II and III students "General Ed" even though the county doesn't?

Kumon.

I think you're putting way too much thought into this.

Pick a school for what it has to offer for all of the children, regardless of AAP or not. There is no guarantee that your child will be eligible for AAP. Even kids with 99th percentile scores are not guaranteed admission.

Yes, level IV and the AAP center program are the same thing.

Yes, the county and schools do often call non level IV students "general ed" because their classroom placement is in a general ed classroom...not an AAP exclusive classroom. Schools with the AAP program often even label their school supply and staff lists this way.

Anonymous wrote:Admission is based on a child's ability, not achievement, so there is no one school that could better prepare a child than another.

Among the kids at Haycock, no one seems to care who is in the program and who is not. The kids in AAP do not see the kids in general ed very often.
The entire school seems to benefit from the additional funding and resources that are given to an AAP center school.

Don't some schools help prepare students to perform better on aptitude tests than others?

Is AAP the same as "Level IV"?

Do AAP parents call Level II and III students "General Ed" even though the county doesn't?

Admission is based on a child's ability, not achievement, so there is no one school that could better prepare a child than another.

Among the kids at Haycock, no one seems to care who is in the program and who is not. The kids in AAP do not see the kids in general ed very often.
The entire school seems to benefit from the additional funding and resources that are given to an AAP center school.

Op here. To rephrase:
1) is there an elementary school that will help a child be admitted to haycock's gt program by preparing them better? E.g. Haycock, chesterbrook etc. Does the child have an advantage if already at haycock?
2) if a child is not in the gt program, how does tge haycock base school compare to other schools in the area, e.g. Is chesterbrook better? Are non gt kids at haycock teased, or ignored -do resources go more to the gt program.
Thank you.

Fairly off topic, but I went to Haycock in the G/T center oh, I guess 3rd grade was 28 years ago. It made such a huge difference in my life that I can't compliment the school enough. I'm sure a ton of things have changed in nearly 30 years, but Haycock was the first place that I ever fit in, the first place where I wasn't goofing off because I was bored (and getting in trouble), and a place that really made learning fun.

Hopefully it's still a wonderful school, and congratulations to all the families lucky enough to have kids attending there!

Anonymous wrote:Do you think the renovation will fix this? Or will they change the boundaries?

Anonymous wrote:O/T but haycock has like 30 trailers. it's an ugly sight.

I doubt they'll change the boundaries. People would complain about getting redistricted out of Haycock. Longfellow was overcrowded and they increased the capacity during the renovations. Of course, you need space to up or out to do that.

Slightly off-topic, but FCPS does plan to redistrict a bunch of kids from Freedom Hill ES to Lemon Road ES, which is close to Haycock. People who live in Vienna and send their kids to Freedom Hill stand to benefit the most financially from this.

They have been approved for a renovation, but I don't think it's on the calendar yet.

All of 5th and 6th grade and some of 3rd grade are in the quads and modular. This is my daughter's 3rd year at Haycock and she was only inside the building for 4th grade.

That being said, the school is really as wonderful as people say. If I had known, I would have wanted it as our base school. The education my daughter is getting there is really worlds apart from what my son is getting at our base school.

Do you think the renovation will fix this? Or will they change the boundaries?

Anonymous wrote:O/T but haycock has like 30 trailers. it's an ugly sight.

O/T but haycock has like 30 trailers. it's an ugly sight.

Not sure I understand the question but Haycock is a GT center, which means that it draws GT kids from a number of other base schools which aren't centers (but may have a local level 4 program) in addition to kids who live within its boundaries.

Can't answer the second question.

And how do other fairfax or Arlington elementary schools compare with haycock's non g&t class? Thank you.