We will be doing the same thing this summer when we move back from overseas to Fairfax County. 21:49 spelled it out correctly, except that I think one thing has changed from last summer (when I started looking at this). It now looks like FCPS requires you to meet with the local (i.e. base) AART teacher at your base school to review the process first. It's unclear whether you will hand in the packet of information to them or to the District office after meeting with the AART teacher. You should make an appointment with him/her as soon as you register at the base school. The website used to say (i.e. last summer) that you make an appointment with the district AAP office, but that is now gone. See: http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/identificationntc.shtml

Anonymous wrote:It depends upon the principal at the school. Some kids are let in right away and others have to wait and retake the testing. Still others need to apply /appeal. GL.

This is an untrue statement.

Any student transferring into the district from out of area can apply to AAP over the summer before the school year starts.

The principal has no say in any of this.

If the kid is accepted, the school will make room.

If the additional summer transfers puts the classes over limit, then they will add another class, even if those transfers are accepted the week befor school starts. The class might start the year with a sub, but school will make space.

If a transfer student needs to appleal or test in the fall, one of a few things might have happened. Either they applied and did not qualify initially, they did not apply, or their application did not have what was needed to be accepted (their test scores were not from the required list perhaps). Whether or not the principal wants them to be AAP has zero to do with the process.

You apply when you move into your house. Hand carry your kids records. Get a letter from your current school stating your child is GT identified. Check the fcps site for the list of accepted tests, and bring an official copy from that list. Complete the transfer student packet found on the fcps website. Register at your base school when you move in, the immediately go to the district office to turn in your application with all the records. (You need an appointment to turn in the application)

The committee meets either weekly or every other week over the summer and you get the acceptance letter the week after you submit your kid's application.

If your child is accepted you will be notified before the first day of school and will be able to start at the center school.

It depends upon the principal at the school. Some kids are let in right away and others have to wait and retake the testing. Still others need to apply /appeal. GL.

Anonymous wrote:I've done a search of the forum but couldn't find the answer to what I thought would be an easy question. (Of course I've scoured the FCPS website as well but couldn't find the answer there either.)

My child is in the GT program in our current school system. We're moving to FCPS in July and I just wanted to know if FCPS will accept my child's application for AAP placement in September?
Or will they accept her current GT status and place her in AAP?
Or will she have to be screened during the school year and not have AAP services until the following year since we didn't get our application in by February?

TIA!

I found this on the FCPS website for you:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/identificationntc.shtml

Are you basically asking whether they will waive your child in?

Where are you coming from?

I've done a search of the forum but couldn't find the answer to what I thought would be an easy question. (Of course I've scoured the FCPS website as well but couldn't find the answer there either.)

My child is in the GT program in our current school system. We're moving to FCPS in July and I just wanted to know if FCPS will accept my child's application for AAP placement in September?
Or will they accept her current GT status and place her in AAP?
Or will she have to be screened during the school year and not have AAP services until the following year since we didn't get our application in by February?

TIA!